11.   He also charged they were the hostages of Zairean authorities using them for their own political ends.

12.   He said he was waiting to hear from Zairean authorities if they would agree to the UNHCR pulling out of Goma, and how they could leave.

13.   He said he hoped that through negotiation the Zairean authorities could be persuaded to return their confiscated weapons.

14.   He urged the Zairean authorities to press ahead with disarming Hutu militias based in the refugee camps near the Rwanda border.

15.   However Zairean authorities accused the WHO of giving out an exaggerated figure.

16.   However Zairean authorities want the troops disarmed and isolated.

17.   If it happens, the meeting would be the first between Kabila and the Zairean authorities since the outbreak of civil war in Zaire in October.

18.   In London, human rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday accused the Zairean authorities and the rebel group of clamping down on human rights activists.

19.   A senior UN official called Sunday for Zairean authorities to set up safe corridors for waves of panic-stricken refugees and villagers fleeing fighting in troubled eastern Zaire.

20.   A UN spokeswoman in the Ugandan capital Kampala had said earlier that Zairean authorities had closed the airport Sunday, grounding the plane.