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.
With just over 100 days remaining before East Timor's independence, the Security Council today held a day-long meeting to review preparations in the territory for nationhood, including work on a constitution and plans for a successor mission to the current United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET).
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has invited the leaders of all 189 UN Member States – and the Holy See and Switzerland – to attend the 20 May ceremony marking the independence of East Timor, a UN spokesperson said today in New York.
In the waning days of its mandate, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) will focus on security, public administration and justice, the UN’s top official in the territory told the constitutional assembly today.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended extending the current United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) until the territory's independence on 20 May to ensure the stability and viability of the nascent country.
East Timor's first presidential elections will be held on 14 April, one month before the territory declares its independence, the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET) announced today in Dili.
Eight members of the United States Congress have proposed that the East Timor constitutional assembly extend its deliberations beyond its current 25 January deadline, the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET) reported today.
Top United Nations and East Timorese officials have refuted as unfounded allegations of bias in the appointment of senior-echelon staff that had been levelled against the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor by a Malaysian diplomat who had recently resigned from the UN mission.
East Timor's General Prosecutor has issued more than 30 indictments in cases involving major incidents of mass killings and forced deportation, according to the latest figures released by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).
Continuing its work on the nascent country's first-ever constitution, the East Timor Constituent Assembly today passed seven more articles dealing with the powers of the parliament, the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET) reported.
