UN-chaired committee monitoring peace in Burundi opens session

Key security questions relating to the situation in Burundi are high on the agenda of a United Nations committee monitoring implementation of the country's ceasefire agreements, which today began a weeklong session in Bujumbura.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative, Berhanu Dinka, is chairing the meeting of the Implementation Monitoring Committee (IMC), which is also tackling matters relating to reform of the security sector, refugee repatriation and the organization of elections.

The IMC's mandate, as stipulated in the Arusha Agreement of 28 August 2000, also includes looking at the mobilization of financial resources for Burundi's development.