The Commonwealth has backed British attempts to set up new elections in Zimbabwe Rhodesia--and has pledge to provide observers to ensure that they are not rigged. But the Patriotic Front guerrilla leaders, Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, are insisting that the United Nations supervise the elections and a ceasefire. On Tuesday (30 October), thirty countries belonging to the Commonwealth Southern Africa Committee held a meeting in London to discuss progress at the Zimbabwe Rhodesia talks. The Commonwealth delegates said they wanted to restore a climate of confidence among participants at the Lancaster House. The Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, Bishop Abel Muzorewa, meanwhile, held a news conference in London on Tuesday. He said he had accepted the British proposals because be was "putting his country's interests first."