One more announcement. A lawyer and a good friend of mine, Dinesh Tripathi, will be talking about challenges and opportunities for the Constitutional Assembly. Tomorrow in New York. Building Constitutional Democracy in Nepal - Challenges and Opportunities Speaker: Dinesh Tripathi, LL.M Date: Thursday, April 5th, 2007 Time: 7 - 8:30 PM Location: 500 East 63rd street, Symposium (38th floor), New York Synopsis Dinesh Tripathi, LL.M, a well known lawyer of Supreme courts of Nepal, and human rights activist will present his views on upcoming Constitutional Assembly elections, its challenges and opportunities. As Nepal is going through a very critical phase in History, Mr. Tripathi will analyze the current complexities in Nepali politics. Topics of discussion would be agendas of new constitution making such as rights and liberty of people, future of monarchy, empowerment of marginalized group and communities, inclusive democracy and restructuring of state as well as the right to vote for Nepalese Diaspora in upcoming constituent assembly election. As an expert on constitutional and International human rights Law, Mr. Tripathi will also address federalism, Participatory democracy, proportional representation as well as rights of ethnic groups and minorities. This is going to be an interactive discussion on Nepal's peace process and moving forward through Constitutional Assembly Election. Come prepared to discuss on challenges and opportunities of Nepal's constitution building process. ______________ .