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Commonwealth urges speedy UN deployment

    NAIROBI

    Meanwhile, Commonwealth heads of government on Monday urged the UN to “speedily deploy a peacekeeping force in the DRC” in accordance with the Lusaka accord. The final communique of the 12-15 November Commonwealth meeting in South Africa said the leaders also appealed to the international community to extend support to the OAU and the JMC, urged all the warring parties to adhere to “the letter and spirit” of the agreement, and encouraged the Congolese people to expedite the national dialogue.

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