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Steps under way to create truth commission in East Timor, UN mission reports

2 October 2001
The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) reported today that a selection panel had formally begun the search for some 40 national and regional commissioners to help foster the reconciliation process in the territory.

East Timor: new panel to seek input from civil society on truth commission

26 April 2001
The National Council of East Timor today set up a 15-member panel that will help to gather input from civil society as part of an ongoing effort to establish a "truth commission" on human rights violations committed during the territory's 25-year struggle for independence.