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MONUC mandate extended

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    The Security Council on Wednesday voted to extend the mandate of the UN mission in DRC (MONUC) - due to expire shortly - until 15 October, as recommended by the Secretary-General. The extension was designed to allow time for further diplomatic activities in support of the Lusaka ceasefire agreement and for more reflection on the future of the mandate. The Council expressed concern that doubts over access and security had prevented MONUC from deploying troops to its authorised strength. Meanwhile, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, ex-Nigerian president Abdulsalami Abubakar, described his talks with DRC President Laurent-Desire Kabila as “useful”, but stressed some points still had to be clarified before MONUC could expand its deployment.

    After visiting Kinshasa on Wednesday, Abubakar went to Goma for talks with the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma). “General Abubakar paid us a courtesy call for consultations on the peace process,” RCD security chief Bizima Karaha told IRIN. “We told him that we were fully committed to the implementation of the Lusaka agreement.”

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