The tenure of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) is due to expire on Friday.
Along with the expiry of the tenure, the UN Security Council on the recommendation of Nepal government will formally make decision later Friday to further extend UNMIN's tenure for a six-month.
Meanwhile, the discussion on the extension of UNMIN, peace process, among others is underway at UNMIN's head office in New York.
According to the eKantipur.com report, this will be the fourth six-month extension of UNMIN's term since it came for a one-year period in January 2007.
The government with the understanding of the political parties recommended the UN to extend UNMIN's tenure claiming the need of UNMIN in the country having the mandate of Monitoring the Management of Arms and Armies and the provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had also recommended the Security Council to downsize the officials of UNMIN last time.
As per the proposal, officer of representative level will lead the UNMIN instead of the special representative in Nepal.
Since two years, Ban's special representative Ian Martin has been heading UNMIN, a diplomatic peace mission in Nepal.
UNMIN was established in early 2007 as a special political mission tasked with helping advance the peace process in Nepal, which endured a decade-long civil war that claimed an estimated 13, 000 lives until the government and the Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist) signed a peace deal in 2006.