Government's concern about the situation in East Timor

The people of East Timor, in their overwhelming majority, expressed their wish, freely and fairly through a referendum, to live as an independent nation. The Government of Malta is deeply concerned by the violence and turmoil reigning in East Timor.

The Government of Malta urges the Indonesian Government to call on the United Nations Security Council to assist it in bringing an end to the violence in East Timor so that, without delay and without fear, the people of East Timor will be able to exercise the political independence for which they have so decisively voted.