The security guarantees document provided for UN military liaison officers (MLOs) in the DRC by the Kinshasa government - and which contained conditions and restrictions, including on freedom of movement - has been accepted after being examined by UN headquarters in New York, diplomatic sources told IRIN on Friday.
Meanwhile, officials from the UN observer mission to the Congo (MONUC) were due back in Kinshasa on Friday evening from the Joint Military Commission (JMC) meeting in Lusaka, which had reportedly made “some progress” on modalities for implementation of the ceasefire. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the Security Council this week that the JMC “needs and deserves support in order to function effectively”, and proposed that the UN provide it with “the necessary logistical and other operational support”.
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