� JOINT BORDER COMMITTEE TO MEET IN JAKARTA

�� A Joint Border Committee comprising East Timorese and Indonesian �� officials will hold a two-day meeting in Jakarta beginning tomorrow, �� July 19, aimed at resolving practical issues and problems of a �� cross-border nature.

�� East Timor's 13-member delegation will be led by Lakhan Mehrotra, �� Director of UNTAET's office in Jakarta, and will include officials from �� the East Timor Transitional Administration, the Peacekeeping Force, �� Civilian Police, Military Observers, and UNTAET's office of Political �� Affairs. East Timorese Defense Force Commander Taur Matan Ruak will also �� attend.

�� The participants will split into four sub-committees to discuss cross �� border security cooperation; police cooperation; demarcation and �� regulation of the border; and cross border movement of people and goods.

�� The Joint Border Committee was established last September and first met �� in late January of this year.

�� TWO NEW CABINET MEMBERS SWORN IN

�� The East Timorese Transitional Cabinet today swore in Ov�dio de Jesus �� Amaral as the Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, following the decision �� of Jo�o Carrascal�o to suspend his Cabinet activities during the �� electoral campaign.

�� Amaral will hold this position until the formation of the next �� transitional Cabinet after the 30 August elections for the Constituent �� Assembly. Nicola Dahrendorf was also sworn in as the Cabinet Member for �� Police and Emergency Services, until such time as Deputy SRSG Dennis �� McNamara assumes this Cabinet portfolio.

�� Cabinet discussed the National Council's proposed revisions to a �� regulation which seeks to amend existing regulations which established �� the Transitional Judicial Services Commission, the court system and the �� Public Prosecution Service. Cabinet recommended that the Transitional �� Administrator promulgate the regulations incorporating most of the �� amendments.

�� Cabinet accepted the National Council's proposed amendments to the draft �� regulation on the establishment of a Prison Service in East Timor, and �� referred the text to the Transitional Administrator for promulgation.

�� Cabinet considered the National Council's suggested amendments to the �� draft Regulation on the Establishment of the Legal Aid Service in East �� Timor. Cabinet agreed with some of these amendments and recommended that �� the Transitional Administrator promulgation the text on this basis.

�� Cabinet discussed a report from the Infrastructure Department reviewing �� the operation of East Timor Transitional Administration's land policy.

�� Finally, Cabinet discussed the need for the Power Service to operate on �� a financially sustainable basis and tariff structures that would support �� this. � �