East Timor and Indonesia will begin a 10-day joint survey next month to demarcate their common land borders, the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET) said today.
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.
More than 25,000 copies of East Timor’s draft constitution have been distributed ahead of territory-wide public consultation on the fledgling country’s legal framework, the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET) said today.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has approved the re-establishment of the five-member Board of Commissioners to supervise East Timor’s first-ever presidential elections.
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.
In a preliminary step towards finalizing territorial boundaries, the United Nations and Indonesia have agreed on plans to survey and demarcate the border between East and West Timor, the UN Transitional Administration (UNTAET) said 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.
The East Timor Constituent Assembly today debated the possibility of a two-week delay in promulgating the territory’s first constitution after provisionally approving the latest version of the document over the weekend in what the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET) said was a moving finale to a complex process.
As part of an ongoing campaign to eradicate domestic violence in East Timor, the United Nations mission joined government officials today in calling for stronger measures to end this blight.
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) until 20 May, the territory's date of independence.
