---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ++ Pemilu Online: http://www.indo-news.com/pemilu/ ++ ---------------------------------------------------------- Antara, 20 Juni 1999 UNAMET Must Be Independent in E Timor Dili, 19/6 (ANTARA) - Secretary to the Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Major General Karyono felt that the United Nations mission for ballot in East Timor (UNAMET) scheduled for August 8, 1999, should act independently and not take sides. After meeting several authorities in the region here on Saturday, Karyono said if UNAMET take sides, it will create ambiguity in what was supposed to do in East Timor. In his experience on many occasions, Karyono said, a United Nations mission already has certain instructions and directives. "I joined a UN mission on two occasions, namely in the Garuda V contingent in Vietnam and the Garuda IX contingent in the Middle East, and all out tasks had been determined beforehand," he pointed out. When asked about the security situation in the former Portuguese colony, he said everything was under control, and that there had been no fighting between the East Timorese themselves. When asked about Ramos Horta's wish to come to East Timor, he said the anti-integration leader now living in Australia had been banned from the Indonesian youngest province. "What Foreign Minister Ali Alatas has said about it was already in accordance with existing procedures," he said. (U.DLI-PK-01/DLI-01/INT-NG/20:51/ri2/21:16/TB95) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 24 Jun 1999 jam 12:09:53 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
