COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP SPEAKING AT MEDIA CONFERENCE IN SUVA, 2000-06-15 (photo)

Tan Sri Musa Hitam (C), special envoy of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, raises his hand to stop a barrage of questions as his fellow members of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group Alexander Downer (L), Australia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Phil Goff (R), New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister, listen on at a media conference after arriving in Fiji's capital city Suva June 15. The delegation, which also includes Roy Blackbeard, High Commissioner of the Republic of Botswana, is hoping to discuss with representatives of political parties, religious and indigenous groups, the military and the Great Council of Chiefs in an effort to restore democracy and gain the release of 31 hostages, who include deposed ethnic-Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and senior members of his People's Coalition government, held in the Parliament compound. DG/APS