SECRETARY-GENERAL, SENIOR OFFICIALS, CONSIDER FURTHER STEPS TO ADVANCE NEGOTIATIONS ON EAST TIMOR
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SG/SM/6851
SECRETARY-GENERAL, SENIOR OFFICIALS, CONSIDER FURTHER STEPS TO ADVANCE NEGOTIATIONS ON EAST TIMOR
19980604 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:The Secretary-General held an internal meeting on Tuesday, 2 June, to review the progress of his good offices on the question of East Timor and to consider further steps to advance the negotiations under his auspices. The meeting was attended by his Personal Representative for East Timor, the Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs and other senior officials from the Executive Office of the Secretary-General and the Department of Political Affairs.
The Secretary-General recently addressed a letter to President B.J. Habibie of Indonesia, assuring him of his commitment to work with his Government and with the Government of Portugal in the effort to find, as early as possible, a just, comprehensive and internationally acceptable solution to the question of East Timor, and calling on the new Government to release East Timorese political prisoners.
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