Minister Shihab’s High Noon

The UN Security Council Team was apparently satisfied with the investigation into the Atambua tragedy. Nonetheless, hundreds of thousands of East Timorese refugees are still awaiting their fate.

November 20, 2000

FOREIGN Minister Alwi Shihab’s face is practically glowing. "This is a diplomatic victory for us," he said. The jubilance radiated by this trusted diplomat of President Abdurrahman Wahid is certainly not without very good reason. The UN Security Council that initially strongly insisted on sending its own investigative team to uncover the mystery behind the Atambua tragedy finally relented. In the end, it only sent a team to supervise the prog

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