Timor

East Timor: UN mission files indictment for 1999 crimes in Oecussi

27 September 2001
The Prosecutor General of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today filed an indictment containing charges of crimes against humanity for acts committed by 11 people in 1999 in the Timorese enclave of Oecussi, in West Timor.

East Timor group promotes protection of women's rights in constitution: UN mission

25 September 2001
A group promoting the inclusion of gender issues into East Timor's constitution today turned over its report on women's rights to the head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in the territory (UNTAET).

East Timor: newly formed Council of Ministers holds first formal meeting

24 September 2001
The newly formed all-Timorese Council of Ministers - which replaces the East Timor Transitional Cabinet - held its first formal meeting today, marking another step on East Timor's path toward full independence, the United Nations Transitional Administration in the territory (UNTAET) said in a statement.

East Timor reconciliation committee panel holds first meeting: UN mission

21 September 2001
A special panel setting up East Timor's truth commission has agreed to hold one position vacant for a pro-autonomy representative, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) said today.

East Timor swears in new transitional government: UN mission

20 September 2001
Three weeks after its first-ever democratic elections, East Timor today seated a transitional government composed entirely of East Timorese officials, the United Nations mission in the territory said.

Another 300 East Timorese refugees return from West Timor: UN mission

19 September 2001
More than 300 refugees returned from camps in Indonesian West Timor today in a process facilitated by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) along with leaders from both the pro-independence and pro-autonomy movements, the UN operation said in a statement.

East Timor: constitutional reports handed over to Constituent Assembly

18 September 2001
The head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today handed over the Constitutional Commission reports to the newly elected Constituent Assembly, which will draft the country's first constitution.

East Timor: President of pro-independence party elected as Assembly Speaker

17 September 2001
In its first formal session today, East Timor's newly elected Constituent Assembly voted with an overwhelming majority for Fretilin President Franscico Guterres as its Speaker, according to the United Nations Transitional Administration in the territory (UNTAET).

Over 600 East Timorese refugees return from West Timor, UN mission reports

14 September 2001
More than 600 East Timorese refugees returned to their homeland from camps in Indonesian West Timor today in a process facilitated by a Timorese independence leader and former militia leaders, the United Nations administration in the territory said in a statement.

East Timorese leadership holds first meeting with Indonesian President

12 September 2001
East Timorese leaders met today in Jakarta with Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri for the first time since she took office, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) said on Wednesday.