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DATE=9/10/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-N-TIMOR UPDATE (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-253717
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
 ///Note Security Council open meeting set for 11 a-m 
on 9-11///
 INTRO: The United Nations Security Council will hold 
an open meeting today (Saturday) to discuss the 
violence in East Timor. VOA Correspondent Breck Ardery 
reports from New York.
 TEXT:  After two and one-half hours of closed 
consultations late Friday, the Security Council did 
agree to hold a public meeting Saturday. For the past 
several days, Council President Peter Van Walsum of 
the Netherlands has resisted pressures for an open 
meeting on the grounds that it is better to wait for 
the report of the United Nations mission to East 
Timor. However, Mr. Van Walsum said he changed his 
mind because the Indonesian government has not altered 
its position that the Indonesian military alone can 
restore and maintain order in East Timor.
            ///Van Walsum act///
      The fact that we have decided, or I have decided        
and I believe the Security Council accepts my        
decision, that we do not wait for the return of        
the mission has a lot to do with the fact that        
we do not see any indication of a movement in        
the position of the government of Indonesia.
             ///end act///
However, Mr. Van Walsum said no formal resolutions 
will be considered at Saturday's meeting. He indicated 
that any resolution would have to wait until the U-N 
mission reports to the Security Council early next 
week. Mr. Van Walsum also said U-N sanctioned military 
intervention would not be possible without a request 
for help from Indonesia. However, The Security Council 
President did not rule out the possibility of U-N 
backed economic sanctions against Indonesia.
Earlier Friday, U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan urged 
the Indonesian government to accept a multinational 
peacekeeping force in East Timor or face 
responsibility for what could amount to what he called 
"crimes against humanity."(Signed)
      NEB/NY/BA/PT  
10-Sep-1999 20:11 PM LOC (11-Sep-1999 0011 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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