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UN mission on hold

    NAIROBI

    Following the failure by rebels to sign the Lusaka ceasefire accord, the UN has put on hold the mission of an advance team to assess conditions for peacekeeping troops in the DRC. A small team however is due to go to Lusaka for consultations with the Joint military Commission of the six countries involved in the conflict.

    Meanwhile, in a press statement on Monday, the Security Council expressed "dismay" over the refusal by the three rebel groups to sign the agreement. It said the accord was the "only effective way of bringing about national reconciliation and peace" in the DRC. Security Council members urged the rebels to resolve their differences and sign the agreement "as soon as possible". "Earnest efforts to find a peaceful solution to the
    conflict...should not be held hostage to the internal division among the rebels," the statement said.

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