DATE=9/11/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=E. TIMOR (S)
NUMBER=2-253753
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=JAKARTA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: A five member U-N Security Council
delegation is scheduled to meet with Indonesian
officials later today (Sunday) in a last ditch
effort to convince the government allow an
international peacekeeping mission into East
Timor. From Jakarta, VOA's Kyle King reports.
TEXT: The Security Council team visited the
violence ravaged province of East Timor Saturday
with Indonesian armed forces chief, General
Wiranto, who appeared to leave open the
possibility that a peacekeeping force would be
invited in.
But Indonesia's U-N ambassador later ruled that
out, saying his government did not feel an
international force was necessary at this stage.
The U-N Security Council team's visit to Jakarta
comes amid growing calls for international
action to halt the violence and killing that
began in East Timor following last month's
overwhelming vote for independence.
President Clinton says he is reviewing economic
ties with Indonesia. U-N human rights
commissioner Mary Robinson has called for a war
crimes tribunal to investigate violence by anti-
independence militiamen. (Signed)
NEB/KBK/PT
11-Sep-1999 22:12 PM LOC (12-Sep-1999 0212 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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