| Subject: LUSA: Independent Nation to Apply
for UN Membership
05 Mar 02 21:37 East Timor: Independent Nation to Apply for UN Membership East Timor will formally present its candidacy as a United Nations member state at the time of the territory`s independence on May, 20. The decision was taken Tuesday during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly in Dili. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation will forward the request to the UN Secretary-General. "The acquisition of status as a United Nations member state is a factor of major importance, in so far as it places East Timor in the international panorama and brings Timor even closer to the other members of that organization", states a note sent by the Constituent Assembly to Lusa. CJB/ASP -Lusa- © 1997 Lusa Comentários e Sugestões para Agência Lusa Back to March 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/ |