---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ---------------------------------------------------------- UNAMET Briefing Summary for Thursday, 5 August 1999 UNAMET Spokesman David Wimhurst said that as of the end of registration day=20 on 3 August 428,180 people had registered. In East Timor itself 416,812=20 people had registered. All registration centres were open today for the firs= t=20 of two extra days in East Timor and for the first of four extra days at=20 external centres. In the last two days, UNAMET completed the registration of=20 prisoners in prisons throughout East Timor =96 two in Dili, one in Baucau, o= ne=20 in Manatuto, one in Maliana and one in Ermera. UNAMET had now registered mor= e=20 than 250 prisoners.=20 In Surabaya yesterday, more than ten prisoners were taken to the registratio= n=20 centre there to register to vote. He added that Xanana Gusmao registered=20 yesterday in Jakarta and Jose Ramos Horta registered yesterday in New York.=20 Finally, he said UNAMET has just completed a successful two-day operation in=20 Maliana where they registered almost 600 people who came down from the hills=20 to registration centres. A correspondent asked how the Maliana operation was carried out. Mr. Wimhurs= t=20 said it was an operation conducted by UNAMET CivPol and MLOs who helped to=20 create security conditions with the Indonesian police in order for IDPs=20 living in the hills to come down to registration centres.=20 A correspondent asked if more operations like this were expected in the next=20 couple of days. The Spokesman said UNAMET was expecting the larger turnout o= f=20 registrants during these extra two days to be from the IDPs in the western=20 region.=20 A correspondent asked whether UNAMET CivPol and MLOs were concentrated in th= e=20 western region of East Timor. The Spokesman said UNAMET CivPol and MLOs are=20 deployed throughout all of East Timor, not just the western region.=20 In response to a question, the Spokesman confirmed that IDPs were coming fro= m=20 West Timor to register.=20 A correspondent asked for an update on the cantonment talks regarding=20 FALINTIL. The Spokesman said those discussions were still ongoing between=20 UNAMET, FALINTIL and TNI and are planned to look at the overall status of=20 cantonment. A correspondent asked where the cantonments were being prepared. Mr. Wimhurs= t=20 said they were in three or four areas, but would be able to give clear=20 indications of their locations once UNAMET observed them. The Spokesman was asked what security arrangements were in place for these=20 cantonments. He said that was a question UNAMET was discussing with FALINTIL=20 and TNI.=20 A correspondent asked whether cantonment was replacing the move for=20 disarmament as mentioned in the agreement. Mr. Wimhurst said cantonment was = a=20 first step in the process of disarmament. He added that this process would b= e=20 ongoing.=20 Finally, a correspondent asked about the possible increased deployment of=20 UNAMET CivPol. The Spokesman said discussions were going on in New York on=20 what UNAMET will become after the vote has been completed. UNAMET=92s curren= t=20 mandate, he added, takes it up to the vote but no further. Clearly UNAMET=20 will stay here, whatever the outcome, he said. There are duties and=20 responsibilities UNAMET will be performing whichever way the vote goes, whic= h=20 will require a new Security Council resolution. Discussions are going on in=20 New York as to what form the mission will take and what increase or change i= n=20 personnel will be required. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 5 Aug 1999 jam 18:25:34 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
