(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Five days ahead of East Timor's independence, donor countries and multilateral agencies today pledged over US$360 million to support the fledgling nation over the...
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Donors' meeting on East Timor gets underway in Dili
Donor countries and multilateral agencies gathered in Dili this morning for a two-day conference to discuss post-independence support for the economic program outlined by the East Timorese...
Government leaders call on donors to remain committed
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Chief Minister Mari Alkatiri and Foreign Minister José Ramos-Horta today called on the international community to remain engaged in East Timor after it becomes...
UNDP development study calls for continued engagement
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today called on the international community to remain engaged in East Timor after releasing a report showing the...
East Timor: More than 1,000 refugees return since beginning of month
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) More than 1,000 refugees have returned to East Timor during the first 10 days of May, bringing the total repatriation figure to well over 205,000 refugees. The...
East Timor: Proposed budget released ahead of donor's conference
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Dili, 10 May 2002 - The Government of East Timor today released the annual budget it will present at next week's Donor Meeting for East Timor in Dili. Ministry of...
Ministers approve Timor becoming World Bank member
Dili, 7 May 2002 - The Council of Ministers today approved a Ministry of Finance proposal paving the way for East Timor to become a member of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the...
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East Timor: UNHCR hopes for mass pre-independence refugee returns
Dili, 6 May 2002 - UNHCR officials said today they are hopeful that East Timor's fast-approaching independence will be a catalyst for mass refugee returns from West Timor and elsewhere over the next...
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East Timor: Border demarcation teams complete survey
Representatives of East Timor and Indonesia today completed a Joint Reconnaissance Survey (JRS) aimed at demarcating the countries' common land borders. The joint survey team - which included...
East Timor: Council of Ministers approves health care proposal
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Dili, 25 April 2002 - The Council of Ministers has approved a Ministry of Health proposal to reconfigure the hospital system in East Timor over the next three...
East Timor: Reconciliation Commission finds regional commissioners
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Dili, 25 April 2002 - The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor has finished its selection processes in a number of districts across...
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Border demarcation teams begin survey in West Timor
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Dili, 22 April 2002 - Representatives of East Timor and Indonesia today began a Joint Reconnaissance Survey (JRS) aimed at demarcating the countries’ common land...
East Timor: Former political prisoners attend reconciliation meet
More than 50 former political prisoners gathered in Dili on Saturday to describe their experiences to members of the Commission on Reception, Truth and Reconciliation. The political prisoners, who...
East Timor: Electoral commission certifies presidential results
The board of Commissioners of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) yesterday delivered the certified results of the 14 April presidential election to SRSG Sergio Vieira de Mello for onward...
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East Timor, Indonesia to begin border marking process
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Dili, 19 April 2002 - Representatives of East Timor and Indonesia are scheduled to begin a Joint Reconnaissance Survey (JRS) next week aimed at demarcating the...
East Timor: President elect, Chief Minister in 'complete agreement'
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Dili, 18 April 2002 - East Timor's President-elect and Chief Minister Marí Alkatiri met today for the first time since Sunday's election and are in "complete...
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East Timor: Reconciliation representatives return from Kupang visit
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Dili, 18 April 2002 - Representatives from East Timor’s Commission on Reception, Truth and Reconciliation returned from talks in West Timor today expressing hope...
Gusmão wins 82.7% of vote in East Timor's UN-run election
(extract from UNTAET Daily Briefing) Dili, 17 April 2002 - Independence leader Xanana Gusm=E3o emerged today as the President-elect of East Timor after capturing 82.7 per cent of the vote in the last...
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UNTAET forensic team exhumes massacre victims from 1999
A forensic team from UNTAET's Serious Crimes Unit today completed the exhumation of remains of victims of a 1999 massacre in the capital Dili. Today's exhumation of the remains of Manuelito...
East Timor: Reconciliation Commission begins regional selection
The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation has sent representatives to districts throughout East Timor to select the organisation's first Regional Commissioners. "We have been given a...