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Members of the Joint Military Commission (JMC) overseeing implementation of the Lusaka ceasefire agreement held an all-night session on Sunday and would likely conclude their discussions later on Monday, a UN mission (MONUC) spokesman said. "They met through the night till about 8 o'clock
this morning and we expect it to continue today," the spokesman told IRIN on Monday. The UN was represented by MONUC Chief of Staff Colonel James Baxter, he said. The meeting, which began on Friday, is the fifth plenary session of the JMC, which includes the parties to the DRC conflict and several observers. News agencies quoted Zambian Presidential Affairs Minister Eric Silwamba as saying on Friday that one of the meeting's goals
was to resolve administrative problems, including unpaid allowances for JMC representatives.
Meanwhile, the UN Special Representative for the DRC, Kamel Morjane, travelled to Lusaka on Monday to participate in the ministerial Political Committee meeting scheduled to take place after the JMC session, the MONUC spokesman said.
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