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UN staff counting ballots from Sunday's presidential election

East Timor: as UN tallies votes, early results show Gusmão with overwhelming lead

16 April 2002
With virtually all ballots in East Timor's first-ever presidential elections counted today, preliminary results show independence leader Xanana Gusmão holding an overwhelming lead, United Nations electoral officials announced today.

Security Council hails East Timor presidential election as 'historic milestone'

16 April 2002
Paying tribute to the people of East Timor for their commitment to "peaceful co-existence and democracy," the Security Council today welcomed the successful staging of the territory's presidential elections on Sunday.
Presidential candidates do Amaral, Gusmao vote today in Dili

East Timor: UN hails 'smooth' presidential vote as ballot counting begins

15 April 2002
A day after nearly 400,000 voters went to the polls in a "remarkably smooth" election, United Nations officials today began counting the ballots to determine who will become the first democratically chosen president of an independent East Timor.

East Timor: safeguards in place for presidential vote, top UN electoral official says

12 April 2002
In a bid to reassure voters and political parties ahead of East Timor's first-ever presidential elections on Sunday, the United Nations top electoral official in the territory today said that ample safeguards have been put in place to ensure that international standards are met.

East Timor: on eve of election, presidential candidates hold debate on UN-run radio

11 April 2002
Just three days before East Timor’s first-ever presidential elections, the two candidates today squared off in a debate broadcast live throughout the territory by United Nations-run radio and urged their fellow citizens to go to polling centres and “vote with their conscience.”

East Timor: UN mission chief welcomes 200,000th refugee to return home

10 April 2002
As more East Timorese refugees headed home from West Timor, Indonesia, today, the head of the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET), Sergio Vieira de Mello, travelled to the border town of Batugade to symbolically welcome the 200,000th returnee.

More refugees, spurred by upcoming elections, returning to East Timor, UN says

9 April 2002
Spurred on by the upcoming presidential elections in East Timor, another group of more than 300 refugees crossed the border today from West Timor, Indonesia, bringing the total number of returnees to nearly 200,000, officials from the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) said today.

East Timor: rise in refugee returns from West Timor continues

5 April 2002
Continuing a trend that began with a record number of returnees last month, nearly 2,000 refugees have already gone back to East Timor from refugee camps in West Timor, Indonesia, during the first five days of April, United Nations officials said today.

East Timor: UN mission helps launch HIV/AIDS awareness campaign

3 April 2002
The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today helped launch a territory-wide campaign to raise public awareness about HIV/AIDS and avoid the kind of epidemic that has crippled other developing nations.

East Timor: UN mission distributes ballot kits for upcoming presidential election

2 April 2002
The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today began sending ballot kits to districts throughout the territory in preparation for the 14 April presidential election.