---------------------------------------------------------- FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL: go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ++ Pemilu Online: http://www.indo-news.com/pemilu/ ++ ---------------------------------------------------------- Antara, June 18, 1999 UN Official Denies Postponement of Direct Balloting Lisbon, Portugal, June 18 (ANTARA) - An official of the United Nations (UN), Carina Perelli, has denied the reported postponement of direct balloting scheduled for August 8, 1999, in which the East Timorese will determine the future status of their region. "The United Nations has never issued a policy on the postponement of direct balloting for the East Timorese, because now everything is being prepared for the implementation of this direct balloting," he told the media after meeting the East Timor Commission at the Portuguese parliament here Thursday evening local time. Perelli said that this denial has also been reported to the East Timor Commission at the Portuguese parliament. "I have even asserted that the United Nations has never abandoned the agreement already reached by the Indonesian and Portuguese foreign ministers along with the UN secretary general early May last," he said. Indonesia's foreign minister, Ali Alatas, and his opposite number from Portugal, Jaime Jose Matos Da Gama, on May 5, 1999, signed an agreement containing, among other things, the process for popular consultation and direct balloting for the East Timorese to detrmine the future status of their region to be held on August 8, 1999. On the occasion, Perelli also said that the Portuguese government and members of the Portuguese parliament would also need detailed explanations about the tasks of the United Nations in overseeing the process towards direct balloting in East Timor. "This explanation is of great importance to prevent any misunderstanding, and give a guarantee that the United Nations mission of peace, now seriously working towards the implementation of direct balloting, will earn support from the international community," he added. (U.LPT-1/INT-LH/10:45/INT-TA/nn02/11:51/TB06) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 23 Jun 1999 jam 04:54:25 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
