---------------------------------------------------------- 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, 19 Juni 1999 Baucau District Govt Ready To Assist Local UNAMET Baucau, E Timor, June 19 (ANTARA) - The Baucau district administration is basically ready to assist the United Nations Assessment Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) in the performance of its tasks to make a success of the August 8 ballot, a spokesman said here. Virgilio Maria Dias Marcal, Baucau district administration chief, said he had received a report from Ms Denise, coordinator of the UNAMET branch in Baucau, about the opening of her office in Baucau to organize and oversee the ballot in the district. "The UNAMET has opened an office in Baucau and will start to function next June 23 with a drive to collect data on the communities in the subdistricts and villages," he said. "We hope the UN mission here can embrace all groups in the community, both the pro-integration as well as the pro- independence groups, or in other words, remain neutral and not side with this or that group," Marcal said. "Otherwise, the effort to assess the people's opinion will run into trouble or even fail altogether," he added. Ms Denise, meanwhile, said she hoped all sides in the district, particularly the district authorities, would give their assistance and cooperation to the UN mission. Her office would be responsible for the conduct of the vote not only in Baucau district but also in Manatuto district, she said. "We would like to thank the Baucau district administration for having provided us with an adequate office building and to express our intention to cooperate constantly with the local authorities by asking for suggestions and advice relating to whatever is needed in the forthcoming ballot," she said. The UNAMET's Baucau office would eventually be manned by a 66- member staff. At present it only had seven people, two foreigners and five East Timorese. (U.DLI-PK01/nn-04/INT-AJM-14:23/ri3/19/06/99 14:39) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 24 Jun 1999 jam 12:13:50 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
