8 May. It was broken, and finally, in a dramatic way between Uganda and Rwanda about two weeks ago. This presents us with a big problem. We had agreed to send troops to Kisangani to demilitarise it. And now after the second round of fighting no-one wants to go any more. Everyone is looking to everyone else to solve the problem.
Nobody wants European or American troops because of the neo-colonial overtones.
The African states are arguing over which troops. This is a big, big problem. If we don't get UN troops in, the war is going to start again. But after this last inexcusable round of fighting it is going to be hard to do. We don't want a repeat of Sierra Leone where they come in half-trained and immediately get into trouble.