ASIEH NAMDAR, CNN ANCHOR: We begin with new attempts to end the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations Security Council has agreed to send 500 observers there. But U.N. officials are urging the council to also send thousands of peacekeepers. The war has been draining the resources of the DRC and neighboring countries since August of 1998. Zambia's ZNBC reports on the strain of caring for young refugees who have fled the conflict.</s>HENRY NGRIAZI, ZNBC CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): An English greeting session by the children of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. These children would normally be taught in French. But they are far from their homes, and they have to learn a different language of communication. The number of children refugees at this</s>SUSAN KATELE, CARE INTERNATIONAL: Under our education, we have the population of school-grade children in the camp over 5,000. And we are running it under the Congo curriculum, and we put English, peace education, and environment as part of subject.</s>NGRIAZI: Structures for shelter still need improvement. This is what has caused some African leaders blame the Western governments for not paying much attention to the refugee status in Africa. As a result of wars going on in the region, Zambia has now become a country with a high population of asylum seekers. The influx of the refugees is worrying the Zambian government.</s>PRESIDENT FREDERICK CHILUBA, ZAMBIA: We are always worried about refugees because refugees are displaced persons. In another sense, they are people who are forced, compelled to leave their homes and live under conditions that they may not wish to. Their children are displaced from schools. So, and then they don't have the kind of meals that they ought to if they were if they had the opportunity to stay in their own environment, their own homes. So we are worried. We are concerned. And we don't like that at all.</s>NGRIAZI: For the children at this camp, the hope of returning to their country is dim because the war in their country is still going on.
U.N. Security Council Agrees to Send 500 Observers to Congo