501.BC Indonesia/3–2149

Draft Statement on Indonesia for the UNCFI, Batavia

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It is the sense of the Security Council that UNCFI, without prejudicing the Council’s resolution of January 28 and the rights, claims and position of the parties, should assist the parties in reaching agreement [Page 332] as to (a) the manner in which the restoration of the Government of the Republic to the administration of Djogjakarta may be accomplished, and (b) the time and conditions for holding the proposed conference at The Hague to the end that the negotiations contemplated by the resolution of January 28 may be held as soon as possible. It is further the sense of the Council that, if such an agreement is reached, the holding of a conference at The Hague and the participation by UNCFI in accordance with its terms of reference would be consistent with the basic-purposes and objective of the Council’s resolution of January 28, 1949.