In 2001, news of a royal massacre in Nepal shocked the world. Nine members of the royal family, including the King and Queen, had been killed. But as the country mourned, the United Nations and other international actors were more concerned about a separate crisis in the country. An underreported yet rapidly escalating insurgency, led by a communist rebel group called the Maoists, had by then claimed over 2,000 lives.

We speak with local civil society activists, international peacemakers and the warring parties themselves to uncover the little-known story. What drove the Maoists to war in the first place? How did the determined interventions by both domestic and global actors work to resolve the conflict? And when it was finally signed in 2006, how did the historic Comprehensive Peace Accord forever change Nepal?

00:00 Nepal’s royal palace massacre
01:22 The UN takes notice of the situation
03:11 Nepal’s Maoist revolutionaries
06:27 How the Maoists waged war
10:50 Civil society intervenes with peace talk
14:00 Maoists attacked Nepali army
17:56 The United Nations intervenes
19:37 Switzerland’s history with Nepal
20:38 Kofi Annan writes a letter to the King
22:53 The King makes a move
24:20 Political parties and civil society respond
31:47 A huge People’s Movement erupts
34:01 The King concedes
35:30 The reinstated Parliament meet
36:29 Ceasefire meetings in the Summit Hotel
38:30 An act of betrayal?
43:40 The Comprehensive Peace Accord

About the show:
Around Asia, several historic peace deals have been made over the decades. Who are the many different individuals and groups who mediated and negotiated for peace?
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