But Rwandan officials point to the continuing problems in the northwest as proof of why they need to fight in Congo until its borders are secure.

But earlier this month in Kigali, top Rwandan officials spoke freely and on the record about their efforts to have the draft report quashed.

But Rwandan officials, who have been fighting insurgencies based in Zaire for two years, made it clear that they had no interest in peace talks.

United Nations and Rwandan military officials met in Kibeho today to discuss how they had counted the casualties.

"Let's just get those signatures," Patrick Mazimhaka, a top Rwandan official, said impatiently as reporters asked him before the signing how difficulties could be overcome.

Some dancers, the Rwandan officials accompanying them said, probably have relatives in prison for the 1994 slaughter.

The decision outraged Rwandan officials and he was not released.

That is because the former Rwandan officials control the distribution "in order to consolidate their power and to manipulate and dominate the camp population," according to the United Nations refugee agency.

They also said soldiers from Rwanda, which along with Uganda is backing the rebellion, carried out the attacks, a charge that Rwandan officials deny.

In December the tribunal indicted eight former Rwandan officials in connection with mass killings in Kibuye, on the western edge of Rwanda, but none have been taken into custody.