EU delays DR Congo troop decision

European defence ministers have put off a decision, 7 March 2006, on sending peacekeeping troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of elections there in June 2006.

• Primary Source

BBC News, 26.4.06: EU force to help DR Congo peace http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4946010.stm

United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) http://www.monuc.org/

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