A report on the state of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) ceasefire has been handed over to the British government.
Nationalist politicians have in recent weeks called on the Northern Ireland Office to review the loyalist terror group's ceasefire as it has been linked to four murders in a loyalist feud.
The organisation has waged a bloody vendetta against the rival Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in the city. However the families of some of the UVF's victims have disputed claims that their relatives had LVF connections.
A Northern Ireland Office spokesman confirmed it received the special report on the UVF from the four member Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) which assesses paramilitary ceasefires. "Arrangements will be made to publish it as soon as practicable," he said.
The spokesman could not say how long it would take for the government to study the IMC's findings and reach a decision on what it should do about the UVF's ceasefire.
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain is to meet nationalist SDLP leader Mark Durkan tomorrow to discuss the vendetta.