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UN to move “quickly but cautiously” on deployment

    NAIROBI

    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday said the UN was “anxious to move as quickly as possible, but also as practically and as cautiously [as possible]” in deploying extra UN military personnel to the DRC. Annan told a New York press conference he would have a better idea of the situation after this week’s visit to DRC by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Bernard Miyet. “At the same time, we are appealing to governments for troops and for observers,” he said. “We have had some offers, but we do not have the entire force put together yet. But we are making progress.”

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