| Date | 29 October 1999 |
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Agenda item 169
Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor
Report of the Fifth Committee (A/54/505)
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolution recommended by the Fifth Committee in paragraph 7 of its report.
The Fifth Committee adopted the draft resolution without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The President
I now call on the representative of Indonesia, who wishes to speak in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted.
Mr. Oratmangun (Indonesia)
My delegation fully welcomes the adoption of the resolution on the financing the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET). Its adoption is critical for enabling the Mission to conduct its mandated activities in a timely fashion and fully reflects the international character of the Organization, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, as well as the rules and regulations that govern such missions.
We firmly believe that it is the obligation of all Member States to safeguard the good name, credibility and capability of the United Nations so as to maintain the international community's trust in the Organization. It is critically important that the United Nations, in keeping with its central characteristic of being representative of all Member States, is enabled to effectively conduct its activities at the field level.
It is our view that the success or failure of the Mission will very much depend on the staff of the Mission itself, and they will represent the Organization itself. Obviously, if the staff of the Mission conduct their mandated activities in a neutral and impartial manner, this would be a key element in maintaining the character of the Organization. This is even more urgent since most of the activities of the United Nations in the region are in the conflict area.
In this regard, I would like to stress that in order for the Mission to be successful, it is important that it be well prepared and well organized, both at Headquarters and in the field.
As host country for the United Nations Mission in East Timor, we are fully committed to the success of the Mission and have not failed to show our cooperation in this regard. Thus my delegation welcomes the assurances of the Secretariat that the host country's contribution in providing the necessary facilities and premises to the Mission, thereby enabling it to avail itself of significant savings, will be reflected in the next performance report.
Finally, my delegation would like to end by expressing our sincere appreciation to Mr. Ahmed Darwish of Egypt, in his capacity as coordinator, for his remarkable efforts in forging a consensus resolution on this issue.
The President
We have thus concluded this stage of our consideration of agenda item 169.
