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DATE=5/24/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249731
TITLE=TIMOR REPORT (L ONLY)
BYLINE=LARRY FREUND
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAS PROPOSED 
(MONDAY) THE CREATION OF A U-N MISSION IN EAST TIMOR TO CONDUCT 
THE SCHEDULED POLL IN AUGUST ON AUTONOMY FOR THE TERRITORY.  AT 
THE SAME TIME, MR. ANNAN REPORTS THE SITUATION IN EAST TIMOR 
REMAINS EXTREMELY TENSE.  CORRESPONDENT LARRY FREUND REPORTS FROM
NEW YORK.
TEXT:  "UNAMET" IS THE NAME OF THE PROPOSED NEW U-N GROUP, THE 
UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN EAST TIMOR.  ITS PURPOSE, SAYS 
SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN, IS TO CONDUCT A BALLOT IN EAST TIMOR TO 
DETERMINE WHETHER THE PEOPLE THERE ACCEPT AN AUTONOMY PROPOSAL 
FOR THE TERRITORY.  THE MISSION WOULD INCLUDE 241 INTERNATIONAL 
STAFF MEMBERS, 420 U-N VOLUNTEERS, 280 CIVILIAN POLICE WHO WOULD 
SERVE AS ADVISERS, AS WELL AS SOME FOUR-THOUSAND LOCAL STAFF.  
MR. ANNAN SAYS THE MISSION MUST HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE U-N 
SECURITY COUNCIL, THE FULL COOPERATION OF THE INDONESIAN 
GOVERNMENT AND THE NECESSARY RESOURCES.
IN HIS REPORT, MR. ANNAN SAYS THE SITUATION IN EAST TIMOR REMAINS
EXTREMELY TENSE AND VOLATILE, DESPITE WHAT HE CALLS REPEATED 
ASSURANCES THAT MEASURES WOULD BE TAKEN BY INDONESIA TO ENSURE 
SECURITY AND CURTAIL ARMED MILITIAS.  U-N SPOKESMAN MANOEL DE 
ALMEIDA E SILVA.
                   /// ALMEIDA E SILVA ACT ///
         THE REPORT STILL NOTES THAT THERE ARE CONTINUED CREDIBLE
         REPORTS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE, INCLUDING INTIMIDATION 
         AND KILLINGS BY ARMED MILITIAS, AGAINST UNARMED 
         PRO-INDEPENDENCE CIVILIANS.
                         /// END ACT ///
SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN ALSO ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF IAN 
MARTIN TO HEAD THE NEW U-N MISSION IN EAST TIMOR.  MR. MARTIN HAS
BEEN A U-N HUMAN RIGHTS REPRESENTATIVE IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, 
INCLUDING BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, RWANDA AND HAITI. JAMSHEED MARKER, 
THE PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT WHO HAS HELPED WITH NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN 
INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL ON EAST TIMOR, REMAINS MR. ANNAN'S 
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EAST TIMOR.
QUESTIONED ABOUT A REQUEST BY INDONESIA TO HOLD THE EAST TIMOR 
VOTE ONE DAY EARLIER THAN AGREED UPON, ON AUGUST SEVENTH, THE U-N
SPOKESMAN SAID THE UNITED NATIONS HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM 
INDONESIA WITH THAT PROPOSAL.  THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DECISION TO
CHANGE THE DATE WILL HAVE TO INVOLVE PORTUGAL AND, HE SAID, 
SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN WILL ALSO HAVE TO DISCUSS IT.   (SIGNED)
NEB/NY/LSF/WTW
24-May-99 4:36 PM EDT (2036 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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