un.org/News/briefings/docs/2007/db070921.doc.htm  Spokesperson's Noon Briefing

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Question: About East Timor, there’s an article about José Ramos-Horta, and he said that they don’t intend to change the terms of reference of their Truth and Reconciliation Commission to knock out amnesty, and he said he didn’t think that what the Secretary-General said in July of the UN participating in that tribunal is official UN policy. So I guess I’m asking: Is it the UN’s policy that it will not participate in that amnesty is given to, for war crimes, genocide, and …

Spokesperson: I’ll check on that for you. [She later confirmed that the United Nations policy had not changed since the July statement.]