| Subject: LUSA: Security Council to Discuss
Future UN Civil Presence
21 Jan 02 20:34 East Timor: Security Council to Discuss Future UN Civil Presence The United Nations Security Council meets next week to renew the mandate of its mission in East Timor and discuss its civil presence in the territory following independence, diplomatic sources told Lusa Monday. The UN mandate in Timor ends on Jan. 31, with independence taking place on May 20. The Security Council approved last October the presence of a UN mission in Timor. This will have three components: military, political and civil. The financing of the civil constituent, considered essential to guarantee the functional viability of the Timorese government, will be decided on at the meeting on Jan. 30-31. The UN head administrator in Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and Dili`s Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta will be attending this meeting, the same sources added. Separately, the Constituent Assembly in Dili extended Monday the period of debate of the new Constitution which will now be approved by March 9. The decision was taken after a special commission analysed the preparation of a new timetable in response to a motion approved last Friday in the assembly. CJB -Lusa- © 1997 Lusa Comentários e Sugestões para Agência Lusa Back to January menu Note: For those who would like to fax "the powers that be" - CallCenter is a Native 32-bit Voice Telephony software application integrated with fax and data communications... and it's free of charge! Download from http://www.v3inc.com/ |