But that's news to Ambassador Charles Dunbar, the UN special representative in charge of Minurso.

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And if they had done, would you have agreed that refurbishment was within Minurso's remit?

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There's another line here that DPKO confirms that Minurso would be allowed to supervise the withdrawal and replacement of the guns.

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The DPKO finally confirmed on 21 June that Minurso would be allowed to supervise the withdrawal and replacement of Moroccan 105mm guns along the Berm.

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According to the Foreign Office they'd already reached a preliminary view that refurbishment was not a violation of the cease-fire in Western Sahara in 1998, after contacts with the UN mission Minurso "in the region".

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And at this stage the British began their discussions with the UN, discussions that, according to the British Government, would lead in June 1999 to the UN confirming that refurbishment was permitted, and that Minurso was actually willing to supervise the process.

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According to the Foreign Office, there were seven meetings here between 1st February 1999 and June 21st 1999, when the British team finally sent a telex back to the Foreign Office on an agreement they said they'd reached with the UN Department of Peace Keeping Operations - DPKO - and with Minurso, the UN mission in Western Sahara.

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