ELEMENTS FOR A STATEMENT TO THE PRESS
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL
UNTAET
- Members of the Security Council heard a briefing by the Secretariat on the latest incident in East Timor involving four Nepalese soldiers serving with UNTAET in which one peacekeeper died and three others injured;
- Members of the Council condemned the murder of Private Devi Ram Jaishi, following a skirmish with a group of militia northwest of the town of Suai,;
- Members of the Council expressed profound sympathy to the Government of Nepal and to the family of the murdered peacekeeper, as well as, to the families of other UNTAET peacekeepers who were injured or killed;
- Members of the Council called on the Government of Indonesia take effective measures to end cross-border incursions from West Timor, to disarm and disband the militias and bring to justice those militia members guilty of crimes.