UN team to assess W. Timor security

UN team to assess W. Timor security

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: A team of United Nations Security
Coordination delegates will soon visit West Timor in East Nusa
Tenggara for five days to assess security conditions there, the
Indonesian Military said on Wednesday.

The five delegates will recommend whether the United Nations
should revoke the alert status in West Timor, after the visit
scheduled for May 13 to May 17, said Wirasakti Military commander
Col. Moeswarno Moesanip, who oversees security in East Nusa
Tenggara.

The alert status was declared by the UN Security Council on
Sept. 8 2000, two days after three UN High Commission for
Refugees officials were killed by alleged militiamen in Atambua,
Belu. -- JP