---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ---------------------------------------------------------- BBC Summary of World Broadcasts Tuesday, August 17, 1999 Source: RDP Antena 1 radio, Lisbon, in Portuguese 0900 gmt 16 Aug 99 UN envoy says pressure on Indonesia needed over East Timor consultation process UN leader Kofi Annan continues to advocate the release of Xanana Gusmao [Timorese resistance leader released from prison into house arrest] before the 30th August consultation, according to Annan's personal envoy to East Timor, Jamsheed Marker. Marker was speaking in Dili at the end of a three-day visit. He said the UN welcomed Gusmao' s active participation in the electoral campaign. Marker expressed confidence over the security situation during the campaign [which started on 14th August]. He warned that Unamet [UN Mission in East Timor] would not allow agitators to cause the postponement of the popular consultation. Antonio Veladas reports from Dili: [Veladas] No incidents have been reported on the third day of the campaign. This morning CNRT [National Council of the Timorese Resistance] representatives went from door to door, discreetly, in Dili showing the CNRT's symbol. In the afternoon pro-integration supporters will travel to Manatuto [east of Dili] to hold a rally... Speaking at a news conference before leaving the territory, Jamsheed Marker said he was confident about the process. He added that a strengthening of the UN presence as well as the increase in the number of international observers offered guarantees of peace... Marker said that many of the problems would only be resolved through pressure on Indonesia. [Marker in English] What is important is that with negotiations, with demarches, with constant pressures from the international community, as well as the UN, we insisted that the Indonesian authorities create the conditions to which they are committed in a solemn international obligation. [Veladas] As for the political prisoners in Timor prisons and the situation of the refugees, Marker said he had wanted, during his visit, to assess this situation. He flew by helicopter to Suai and Maliana. Marker has left Timor for Russia, he will then travel to Portugal. He returns to Dili on 28th and 29th August... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 17 Aug 1999 jam 11:31:47 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
