---------------------------------------------------------- FREE Subscribe/UNsubscribe Indonesia Daily News Online 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 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- CHINA, RUSSIA MIGHT VETO INT'L TRIBUNAL, SAYS MINISTER SHIHAB Jakarta, Jan (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab Thursday speculated that China and Russia would veto any UN Security Council initiative to refer the case of Indonesian military officers accused of involvement in human rights abuses in East Timor to an international tribunal. Of the Council's five permanent members namely the United States, Britain, France, People's Republic of China and Russia, the two last mentioned countries would possibly exercise their veto right to block any resolution that would put Indonesia in a tight spot, he said. "In foreign minister said he had come to the conclusion after recently lobbying various quarters in New York and Washington DC including UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Security Council members, the permanent representatives to the UN of about 20 countries and US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. He said during his trip, he had tried to convince all the figures he met that Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) was capable enough to carry out he inquiry into East Timor human rights abuses according to international standards so that no international intervention was needed. "I told them that we are in the process of positioning ourselves amid the international community. Komnas HAM will do its duty in keeping with international standards," Shihab said. A number of high-ranking military forces including former TNI (National Defence Force) Commander General Wiranto - who is now Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security, have been summoned by the International human rights commission to clarify their alleged involvement in the mayhem that broke out in East Timor after the UN-organized August 30 ballot. East Timor is on its way to become an independent nation after Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly in October last year, revoke a decree declaring the territory an Indonesian province. (T.NN07/INT-AJM-22:50/RI1/23:06/TB05) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 2 Feb 2000 jam 06:40:26 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
