---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ANTARA, July 24 1999 Voters registration: Security In East Timor Quite Conducive-UNAMET Dili, E Timor, July 23 (ANTARA)- The security in East Timor during the past seven days of voters registration has been quite conducive, spokesman of the UN Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), Ueki Yasuhiro, said here Friday. Each day, an increasing number of people are coming to the registration centers to register for next month's autonomy ballot, Yasuhiro said, attributing the conducive situation to the good cooperation between the people, the Indonesian governmnet, the UNAMET and the security apparatus. UNAMET chief, Ian Martin, and UN civilian police chief, Allan Mills, were scheduled to speak before senior officials of the UNAMET and the Indonesian Police Friday for a one-day evaluation of the security in East Timor. Yasuhiro said Martin would convey the conducive situation during the voters registration to the UN Security Council. He said UNAMET officials in East Timor have noted the marked improvement in the security in the former Portuguese territory. According to him, the UN secretary general last Tuesday submitted an official report to the UN Security Council, saying that significant progress has been achieved in the security in East Timor. The UN secretary general, he said, also stated that the governments of Indonesia and Portugal have approved the placement of 50 official observers at the registration posts and that three election commision officials have arrived in East Timor--Patrick Bradley from North Ireland, Johan Kriegler from South Africa and Sohn Bong Scuk from South Korea. Yasuhiro pointed out that the UNAMET and the UN civilian police have been working with the Indonesian police. Some 50 liaison officers of the UNAMET, led by Brig. Gen Rezaqul Heider, have also established good cooperation with the Indonesian Armed Forces, he said. "After the Indonesian government made a commitment to confiscate armes carried by the public, there has so far been no incident in which the staff members and offices of the UNAMET have been attacked," he said. He however expressed hope that the security in such districts as Maliana, Viqueque, Liquica, Suai and Manatuto would improve. He also remainded that the issue on East Timorese refugees should be addressed to enable them to join the ballot. The UN secretary general, Yasuhiro said, is convinced that the Indonesian government would continue efforts to ensure the security in East Timor. (U.DLI-03/PTU-05/INT-KT/14:10/int-cl/14:59/nn02/16:00/TB05) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 28 Jul 1999 jam 08:05:47 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
