JMC to conclude Kampala meeting

The first full meeting of the Joint Military Commission (JMC) charged with overseeing the DRC ceasefire was due to wind up in Kampala on Tuesday, Ugandan Presidential Press Secretary Hope Kivengere told IRIN. She said participants would meet President Yoweri Museveni later in the day. The spokesman for the UN’s Mission in Congo (MONUC) Pierre Massart also told IRIN Tuesday’s discussions would focus on political issues. On Monday, participants discussed technical matters, he said. The Secretary-General’s spokesman told a press briefing the UN representative at the Kampala meeting was expected to request written security guarantees from the JMC. A UN technical survey team would soon leave for the DRC to assess conditions for the possible deployment of 500 military observers, the spokesman said.