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DATE=9/1/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=EAST TIMOR CONSULTATION (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-253340
BYLINE=NUR ANDAN
DATELINE=DILI
INTERNET=YES
CONTENT=
NOT VOICED (Actualities in Bubble)
INTRO: the first meeting of a U-N-sponsored 
"reconciliation" commission in East Timor has 
collapsed because pro-Jakarta representatives did not 
attend. They pledge to disavow the results - yet to be 
announced -- of Monday's referendum.  From Dili, V-O-
A's Nur Adnan prepared this report.
TEXT: Two days after a referendum on autonomy was held 
in the former Portuguese colony, the United Nations 
mission for East Timor (UNIMET) tried unsuccessfully 
to convene the first meeting of a 25-member 
reconciliation commission. 
The commission is composed of 10 pro-independence, 10 
pro-Jakarta and 5 United Nations officials, appointed 
by the U-N Secretary General.  It is supposed to 
encourage both sides to maintain peace and abide by 
the outcome of the referendum. 
The entire pro-Indonesia delegation boycotted the 
inaugural meeting, claiming the U-N had been partial 
in instructing some East Timorese voters that a "yes" 
vote would result in autonomy.  Only a "no" vote would 
lead to independence.
Constancio Pinto is the representative of the National 
Council of East Timorese Resistance in New York. He 
says the formation of the commission is a positive 
step toward resolving the conflict.
            /// FIRST PINTO ACT ///
      The referendum itself does not solve every 
      problem in East Timor. Therefore, the commission 
      is going to be very important. The commission is 
      going to play a very important role as a 
      stabilizing factor in East Timor.
            /// END ACT ///
Mr. Pinto says he hopes the pro-integration group will 
change its mind and cooperate with the National 
Council of East Timorese Resistance and with the 
United Nations. 
Meanwhile, in anticipation of the situation that could 
worsen in many parts of East Timor, the United Nations 
has increased the number of its military liaison 
officers there.  Mr. Pinto welcomes the move.
            /// SECOND PINTO ACT ///
      We, in fact, are calling for the U-N 
      peacekeeping force in East Timor. But it is 
      going to take some time to bring in the U-N 
      peacekeeping force in East Timor. The increase 
      of the U-N peacekeeping there is the decision of 
      the United Nations Security Council.
            /// END ACT ///
The results of the referendum will not be known until 
September 7, when the United Nations will officially 
make an announcement both in New York and Dili, the 
capital of East Timor.  
According to the United Nations, all the ballot boxes 
have already been brought to Dili by helicopter and 
were left at the Komoro Mmuseum for verification and 
subsequent vote-counting.
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01-Sep-1999 14:57 PM EDT (01-Sep-1999 1857 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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