DATE=9/15/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=CLINTON EAST TIMOR UPDATE (L)
NUMBER=2-253900
BYLINE=DEBORAH TATE
DATELINE=CHRISTCHURCH
INTERNET=YES
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: President Clinton is anticipating the
deployment of U-N peacekeepers in East Timor soon.
Correspondent Deborah Tate reports from Christchurch,
New Zealand where the president concluded a five-day
visit to the country.
TEXT: Just hours before the United Nations voted to
approve a peacekeeping force for East Timor, Mr.
Clinton spoke of the mission during a joint news
conference with New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny
Shipley.
/// CLINTON ACT ///
We know that this international peacekeeping
force will face some stiff challenges. But we
have affirmed together that we will meet these
challenges. With our support, the people of
East Timor can have the independence and the
democracy they have voted for. By fostering
stability there, and in helping Indonesia to
resume its progress in undergoing the profound
transitions at work there.
/// END ACT ///
The United States will provide logistical support to
the Australian-led mission, transporting troops and
undertaking communications and intelligence services.
The president urged Indonesia to stop, what he called,
the most egregious forms of violence and allow non-
governmental organizations to provide humanitarian
relief.
The United States is responding to the humanitarian
crisis. The U-S Agency for International Development
is sending 300-thousand daily food rations to refugee
camps near Darwin, Australia. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAT/RAE
15-Sep-1999 07:17 AM LOC (15-Sep-1999 1117 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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