In what has been described as an “historic occasion,” the Governments of Australia and Indonesia today met with authorities from East Timor for the first-ever trilateral talks, as the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET) highlighted the key role of East Timorese officials in representing the territory just three months away from its independence.
Provisions to strengthen human rights protections are among several significant changes to the latest draft of East Timor’s first constitution, the UN Transitional Administration in the territory (UNTAET) reported today.
Opening the annual session of the United Nations decolonization committee, UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today hailed the forthcoming independence in East Timor as a milestone accomplishment.
