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Subject: LUSA: Dili 'convinced' UN will remain engaged - FM Ramos Horta
15-01-2004 11:13:00 GMT . Fonte LUSA. Notícia SIR-5752400 Temas: East
Timor: Dili 'convinced' UN will remain engaged - FM Ramos Horta
Dili, Jan. 15 (Lusa) - Foreign Minister José Ramos Horta said Thursday
he was "convinced" the United Nations would extend its
engagement with East Timor beyond the end of its current mission.
"The United Nations has invested so much in East Timor that I'm
convinced they will maintain a visible and credible presence"
following the end of the UNMISET mission on May 31, Ramos Horta told a
news conference in Dili.
The country's "conditions of security and peace are still
fragile", he said, adding he was sure the UN would remain engaged on
three levels: "a peacekeeping force, military observers and the civil
sector" through advisers to the government.
He noted that a UN technical team was in Dili for consultations with
East Timor's leadership with a view to preparing a report for UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the possible character and framework for a
continued UN presence.
The UN Security Council is expected to take a decision in March on what
kind of commitment it will make to Dili following the end of the current
UN Mission in Support of East Timor (UNMISET).
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