61. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday called on Zairean authorities to rescind an expulsion order against international aid workers in Zaire. 62. Up to now, the Zairean authorities have not fulfilled a commitment to disarm the FAR troops, the sources said. 63. Wilkinson said the UNHCR planned to ask Zairean authorities to make an army unit available especially to escort returning Rwandans back to their country. 64. Zairean authorities closed the border Saturday in concern at the prospect of a repetition of an exodus last month into Goma, further north. 65. Zairean authorities have accused the Tutsi-led governments of neighbouring Rwanda and Burundi of invading Zaire and on Friday declared a state of emergency in the region. 66. Zairean authorities have introduced a curfew in the northern town of Kisangani, the official Zairean press agency AZAP reported Saturday. 67. Zairean authorities have sent troops to surround camps close to the border with Rwanda and plan to pen in Hutu refugees who refuse voluntarily to return home. 68. Zairean authorities warned Monday that agencies would be barred from operating on Zairean soil if they dealt with rebel forces. 69. Wilkinson said it was up to Zairean authorities to ensure security in the camps, but this had not happened despite daily approaches by the UNHCR. 70. Wilkinson said the UNHCR would ask Zairean authorities to make a troops available to escort returning Rwandans home. |