A top United Nations official met Nepal’s new Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Tuesday and offered to help the Himalayan kingdom’s efforts to end a decade-old Maoist insurgency in which thousands have died. Tamrat Samuel, a special adviser to the U.N.’s department for political affairs, met Koirala at his official residence in Kathmandu and conveyed Secretary General Kofi Annan’s message. Full Story