Timor

East Timor: UN disappointed with ‘light’ sentence for peacekeeper’s killer

7 March 2002
The head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today expressed his disappointment with a six-year sentence handed down by an Indonesian court to a militiaman convicted of murdering a UN peacekeeper.

UN and local officials plan to clean up Dili ahead of East Timor’s independence

6 March 2002
With East Timor’s independence just over two months away, the head of the United Nations mission in the territory joined a top local municipal official today in calling for a major effort to spruce up the capital city of Dili in advance of the 20 May celebrations.