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DATE=9/13/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-N - TIMOR FORCE (L-UPDATE)
NUMBER=2-253840
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  Members of the United Nations Security Council 
say (Monday) they hope authorize an international 
force for East Timor within days for possible 
deployment by the end of the week.  V-O-A's United 
Nations correspondent Max Ruston has the story.
TEXT:  Council members say they are in agreement on 
the need to act urgently to stop the violence in East 
Timor.  They are now working out the possible 
composition and deployment timetable for an 
international force.
Council president Peter van Walsum of the Netherlands:
            /// VAN WALSUM ACT ///
      There is movement.  I would imagine fairly soon. 
      It is dangerous to make predictions but it 
      should definitely happen this week, preferably 
      in the early part of this week.
            /// END ACT ///
Mr. van Walsum says the council also welcomes the 
Indonesian government's decision to permit deployment 
of such a force.  That decision was reiterated several 
times by Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas, who 
arrived at U-N headquarters Monday.  He is scheduled 
to hold discussions on East Timor with the Foreign 
Ministers of Australia and Portugal on Tuesday.
East Timor was a Portuguese colony until 1975, when it 
was invaded and later annexed by Indonesia.
The Security Council also formally received a report 
on East Timor from a council delegation that traveled 
to Indonesia last week.  The report says there is 
evidence that the Indonesian military helped organize 
and support pro-Jakarta militias, which have been 
blamed for most of the violence in East Timor.
The report says Indonesian government and military 
leaders appear to lack accurate information about the 
severity of the situation in the territory.  It says 
the government failed to take substantive action to 
stop coordinated campaigns of arson and terror, and 
efforts to drive U-N staff and other foreign observers 
from the territory.   (Signed)
NEB/MPR/TVM/WTW
13-Sep-1999 20:36 PM EDT (14-Sep-1999 0036 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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