The UN experts said Rwanda had provided weapons and ammunition to M23
Rwanda has played a key role in creating a rebel group and sustaining a mutiny in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, UN experts have said in a leaked document.
Senior Rwandan military officials are said to have given "direct assistance" in setting it up, as well as support in the form of weapons, ammunition, logistics and recruits.
It appears to corroborate other recent allegations of Rwandan support.
The Rwandan government denies this.
An estimated 200,000 people in the region have fled in the three months since the mutiny, when several hundred Congolese soldiers defected to form a rebel group known as M23.
'Overwhelming evidence'
The UN's evidence - contained in an annex to a recent report by the UN's group of experts - has not yet been made public, but was leaked to Foreign Policy magazine.
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