---------------------------------------------------------- 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, JULY 9 1999 E. Timor: UN Peacekeeping Force No Guarantee of Peace Dili, July 8 (ANTARA)- The presence of a UN peace-keeping force in East Timor is no guarantee that a climate conducive for the holding of the direct ballot will be created, the leader of prointegration militia group said here. Joanico Cezaro, commander of Sector A of the Integration Defenders Force, said there were many cases in which a UN peacekeeping force assigned in a region of conflict failed to carry out its mission and even complicated things. Cezaro, who heads prointegration militia units in Manatuto, Baucau, Viqueque and Lautem, claimed he had experience as a member of UN peace-keeping troops in Cambodia and Bosnia. He said the presence of a UN peacekeeping force in East Timor would only cater to a sense of victory on the part of a certain group and this was likely to provoke more bloodshed. "The presence of a UN peacekeeping force would trigger more conflicts because a certain party would then feel stronger. Even now, the antiintegration camp is treating the UNAMET (United Nations Mission in East Timor) as its own property," he said. Besides, Joanico argued, the presence of a UN peacekeeping force would further delay the direct ballot scheduled for August, thus adding to the misery of the people at grassroots level. Meanwhile, according to the Tripartite Agreement signed by Indonesia and Portugal under the auspices of the United Nations in New York on May 5 last, the Indonesian police shall be responsible for the preservation of peace in East Timor during the process of the direct ballot. Cezaro noted that the Indonesian police had had ample experience in UN missions abroad. "I believe that the Indonesian police will remain neutral in the exercise of their task. With good coordination, there will be no friction between the two camps (prointegration and antiintegration), he said. As an example of poor coordination, he cited the trip of UNAMET personnel to Liquica without coordination with the police as having aroused the wrath of the people. He claimed that the end result would have been quite different had the UNAMET established prior coordination with the police. According to Cezaro, the arrival in East Timor of reinforcement for the police on the eve of the direct ballot would enhance a sense of peace among the people. (U/DLI-02/DLI-01/INT-NS/17:15/INT-AJM-21:30/fn01/22:29/TB06) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 13 Jul 1999 jam 05:57:52 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
