1.   Last week the hard-pressed Zairean government began a mass expulsion to rid itself of the estimated one million refugees, but suspended it after an international outcry.

2.   He said that an estimated two million refugees had left Rwanda after the genocide for neighboring Zaire, Tanzania and Burundi.

3.   The return of the estimated two million refugees who fled Rwanda to neighbouring countries was essential in order to start rebuilding the country, he said.

4.   There are an estimated two million refugees in the region, Hutus from Rwanda and Burundi for the most part.

5.   UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali also made an impassioned plea for the world to unite in emergency relief for the estimated million refugees facing starvation in Zaire.

6.   Zaire began expelling the estimated one million refugees on its territory after the UN Security Council lifted an embargo, allowing arms sales to the Rwandan government to resume.

7.   Zaire began expelling the estimated one million refugees on its territory after the UN Security Council last week lifted an embargo on arms sales to the Rwandan government.