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	The Asia Foundation
		After the referendum of 1999 that led to East Timor’s independence, the Foundation managed comprehensive and wide-ranging voter education and election programming for the constituent assembly and presidential elections in 2001 and 2002.
		Recently independent East Timor faces serious challenges in ensuring access to justice for its citizens as the country strives to build effective systems of governance.
		Women in East Timor are often reluctant to seek legal advice due to a lack of women lawyers.
	www.asiafoundation.org /Locations/easttimor.html (974 words)

	Security Council Hears Details of Free and Fair Elections in East Timor
		The parties contesting the election had raised a number of questions about spoiled and blank ballots, but the Independent Electoral Commission had concluded that the percentage of invalid votes –- approximately 5.4 per cent overall in the national ballot and 8.71 per cent in the district ballots –- was well within acceptable parameters.
		That was due in no small measure to the people of East Timor, the leadership of the Secretary-General, the work of UNTAET and the support received from the international community, she said.
		The success of the elections was due to the people of East Timor and their leadership, as well as the cooperation of Indonesia and the support of the international community.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2001/sc7139.html (5127 words)

	OnlineWomen: East Timor
		East Timor is a territory of 19,000 km2, located between Australia and Indonesia.
		Timor voted for independence in 1999 and is now administered by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor.
		East Timor made significant progress in establishing its institutions of democracy and governance; however, during its first full year of independence from Indonesia, reconstruction and recovery from the September 1999 violence that ravaged the territory was a central focus of activity, and numerous problems remained.
	www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org /etimor/timormain.htm (795 words)

	After the Elections, After East Timor: What's Next for Indonesia? (Current Issues Brief 5 1999-2000)
		Elections were a ritual giving the illusion of popular sovereignty, the parliament was a rubber stamp and the decisions of the MPR were a foregone conclusion.
		In the case of East Timor, the territory was effectively a TNI fiefdom and many officers have benefited materially from the military's domination of economic activity and control of the province's development budget.
		The events in East Timor were an illustration of the elements of the political crisis in Indonesia today that presents a major challenge to the growth and maturation of democracy.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/cib/1999-2000/2000cib05.htm (9010 words)

	East Timor
		Elections for a constituent assembly charged with producing East Timor's first constitution were scheduled for August 30, 2001; however, by the end of the period covered by this report, the date of independence remained uncertain.
		The population of East Timor overwhelmingly is Catholic.
		The Catholic Church is the dominant religious institution in East Timor and its priests and bishops are accorded the highest respect in local society.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2001/index.cfm?docid=5749 (1201 words)

	Date Set for East Timor Free Elections - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		East Timor's U.N. administrator on Friday formally set Aug. 30 as the date for the territory's first free elections.
		East Timor has been under the administration of the world body since the country voted overwhelmingly for independence.
		The ceremony was attended by East Timor's political leaders, senior members of the U.N. administration, and foreign diplomats.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/etimor/2001/0316elec.htm (332 words)

	The EU's relations with East Timor - EU to observe elections for a Constituent Assembly in East Timor
		Support for voter education, and with the administration of the election, will be especially important to help to create an environment conducive to the long term establishment of democracy in East Timor.
		The EU will therefore field an election observation mission (EOM) with a strong component of Short Term Observers (STOs) to concentrate on observing the last 5 days of the electoral campaign, the counting of votes and the preparation of the results in the 12 days after the election.
		One expert is already in East Timor preparing for the arrival of the main group of observers in mid/late August.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/east_timor/ip01_1160.htm (490 words)

	Faleomavaega (AS00) - Faleomavaega Meets with Samoan Police Force while Monitoring Elections in East Timor
		Samoa’s police force is in East Timor as part of a United Nations peacekeeping effort to maintain peace and security in the region.
		A national election is scheduled to be held in East Timor on August 30, 2001.
		Congressman Faleomavaega is in East Timor as part of his assignment as the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific.
	www.house.gov /list/press/as00_faleomavaega/etimor830.html (594 words)

	Politics of East Timor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Head of state of the East Timorese republic is the president, who is elected by popular vote for a five-year term and whose role is largely symbolic, though he is able to veto some legislation.
		The East Timorese constitution was modelled on that of Portugal.
		An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in East Timor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_East_Timor (515 words)

	Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council : East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The elections will be for a constituent assembly that is to consider a draft constitution, so independence is not expected to follow immediately on the heels of voting, Sergio Vieira de Mello told the U.N. Security Council in New York.
		Vieira de Mello said the final decision on dates for the election and independence will largely depend on how fast progress is being made in attaining key benchmarks, including: ensuring security, returning refugees, alleviating poverty, establishing a credible judiciary, restoring public services, and establishing a financially viable administration run by East Timorese.
		East Timorese will shortly take charge of the portfolios for internal administration, infrastructure, economic affairs and social affairs and "for the first time ever, enjoy political responsibility for their decisions," Vieira de Mello said.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/etimor/000628.htm (431 words)

	East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The first irony of the East Timor tragedy is that the man responsible for organizing the occupation of this now overwhelmingly Catholic territory was himself a Catholic.
		Although President Suharto was responsible for the initial decision to invade East Timor (having received tacit approval of his plan from U.S. officials), the actual architect of the 1975 invasion was a stern army general known as Benny Moerdani.
		The final and most bitter irony of the East Timor tragedy is that the violence has had a corrosive impact on Indonesia’s own fragile efforts at democratic reform.
	www.trincoll.edu /depts/csrpl/RINVol3No1/east_timor.htm (2272 words)

	WCC Staff Visit to East Timor: Indonesia Elections and Referendum in East Timor 11-20 June 1999
		Election in such situations are often not free from violence; is there sufficient guarantee to ensure the safety of the monitors; given the present environment of tension and conflict in East Timor what provisions can be made with regard to physical security.
		The territory of East Timor is spread over 7400 square miles and had a total population of eight hundred thousand at the time of its occupation.
		East Timor is a small territory with a difficult terrain.
	www.wcc-coe.org /wcc/what/international/timor.html (3372 words)

	RTE News - East Timor elections to be held in August
		RTE News - East Timor elections to be held in August
		East Timor elections to be held in August
		That was followed by the near-destruction of East Timor by Indonesian military-backed gangs and a UN administration took over.
	www.rte.ie /news/2001/0317/etimor.html (99 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: East Timor Elections -- August 30, 2001
		Officials with the United Nations, which has headed East Timor's transitional government since the bloody 1999 end to its 24 years as an Indonesian territory, say 93 percent of East Timorese voters headed to the polls today.
		East Timor's transition from Indonesian province to free nation was bloody and bitterly fought.
		Meanwhile, Australian military officials were put on high alert for the election, especially those stationed near the border between East Timor and the island's Indonesia-controlled western half.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/august01/timor_8-30.html (480 words)

	UCAN: Catholic Church, NGOs discuss draft proposals for East Timor elections - Catholic Online
		East Timor is scheduled to hold a parliamentary election in the middle of next year.
		Cecilio Caminha Freitas of East Timor People's Action told UCA News it was important to involve the church since it has a lot of influence in society.
		East Timor law requires that parliament have a minimum of 52 and a maximum of 65 seats, with members elected by popular vote to five-year terms.
	www.catholic.org /international/international_story.php?id=21159 (1274 words)

	USAID/East Timor: Small Grants: Program Highlight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tens of thousands of East Timorese voters turned out to cast their ballots in the young country's first-ever local elections.
		The elections were held in the second half of December after four days of candidate selection.
		CNE and other observers reported that the process of nominating candidates was not uniform, that not all polling stations opened at 8 am, and that some voters were turned away when their names did not appear on the voter list in their villages.
	www.usaideasttimor.net /PrintVersion/SGArchive53Print.htm (409 words)

	Bishop Belo calls for 'free and fair' elections for East Timor
		Bishop Carlos Belo of Dili has appealed for this month's landmark elections to be free and fair, urging East Timorese to vote for candidates who would best serve the new country's interests.
		East Timor, which voted overwhelmingly in 1999 to break away from neighbouring Indonesia, holds its first democratic elections on 30 August.
		Bishop Belo also thanked the international community, which, he said, was accompanying the people of East Timor on this great step towards democracy, peace and development.
	www.cathnews.com /news/108/85.php (150 words)

	Green Left - Socialists make gains in Timor elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Elections are held for suco (village) chief, aldeia (sub-village or ward chief) and for members of the suco council.
		According to da Silva, the elections have been very important exercises in political education and in testing out the level of support for the parties in East Timor’s more settled post-independence situation.
		By July, the elections had taken place in all districts apart from Liquica and in the capital city, Dili, where 110,000 of the 470,000 voters are now concentrated.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2005/634/34258 (1323 words)

	Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on today's Elections in East Timor - 30 August 2001 - Department of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The high-level of participation in the elections was an impressive demonstration of the determination of the people of East Timor to assume full control over their own political destiny.
		Much still remains to be done as East Timor moves forward to the next stage of independence-building, with the drafting of a constitution, the formation of a government and preparation for Presidential elections.
		A contingent of Irish troops is currently serving as part of the UNTAET mission in East Timor.
	foreignaffairs.gov.ie /Press_Releases/20010830/831.htm (432 words)

	New East Timor Mission Needs Commitment, New U.N. Mission in East Timor Requires Long-Term Commitment, U.S. Envoy Says ...
		East Timor was thrown into crisis in March after the dismissal of 600 soldiers, who then battled loyalist troops in the streets of the capital.
		The new mission's "central task" will be assuring security in East Timor with a "substantial police component," he said.
		U.N. officials and diplomats expect that the new U.N. mission would fold in some of the international forces that were deployed to East Timor after the latest crisis.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/07/19/ap/world/mainD8IVCE303.shtml (592 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Asia : East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		British parliamentarians who campaigned for human rights in Timor-Leste (then East Timor) were today urged to press the UK government for action on key recommendations of a landmark report on violations committed in Timor-Leste.
		Mohamed has just returned from East Timor, where she released the Human Rights Watch report Tortured Beginnings: Police Violence and the Beginnings of Impunity in East Timor.
		The East Timorese government needs to urgently address the problem of police torture and ill-treatment of detainees before it becomes widespread, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
	www.hrw.org /asia/easttimor.php (1168 words)

	Timor Today, Daily News and Information on East Timor
		To contribute to the building of a pluralist, democratic, just and sustainable East Timor through the development of a strong, independent and responsible civil society committed to upholding and making real in the daily life of the community, both village and urban.
		The situation in East Timor especially along the TCL remains calm and peaceful, the United Nations Military Observer Group (UNMOG) reported Saturday to Lieutenant General Winai Phattiyakul during the weekly briefing at the Peace Keeping Force Headquarters.
		Imanuel, a member of the East Nusa Tenggara police Mobile Brigade, were shot on Wednesday evening in a clash between security officers and East Timorese refugees in front of the local police headquarters.
	www.timoraid.org /v1/timortoday/index.htm (1208 words)

	AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society
		East Timor has been ravaged by hundreds of heavily armed militiamen, wielding homemade guns, military rifles and machetes, attacking pro-independence supporters throughout the territory.
		The detained East Timorese independence leader, Xanana Gusmao, amidst continuing intimidation by pro-Indonesia militias, called for armed international peacekeepers to be deployed to end violence in the region before the August 30th autonomy vote.
		East Timor Action Network / U.S. ETAN/US is an advocacy organization that monitors US foreign policy, raises public awareness, and advocates genuine independence for East Timor.
	www.asiasource.org /news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=77998 (1318 words)

	Elections in East Timor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections in East Timor gives information on election and election results in East Timor.
		East Timor elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
		East Timor is a democratic but one party dominant state with the Fretilin in power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_East_Timor (231 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: East Timor Elections -- August 29, 2001
		The election will be an important step for the half-island nation, which has been governed by a United Nations administration since it severed its ties with Jakarta.
		National figures including rebel leader Xanana Gusmao, widely expected to become East Timor's president, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos Horta and U.N. chief administrator Sergio Vieira de Mello have toured the countryside to drum up voters and encourage partisans not to resort to violence.
		Australian military officials have been put on high alert for the election, especially those stationed near the border between East Timor and the island's Indonesia-controlled western half.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/august01/timor_8-29.html (434 words)

	Violence-scarred East Timor says it will need UN help for at least a decade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		DILI, East Timor (AP) - The United Nations should help oversee elections in East Timor and stay involved in the violence-scarred nation for at least a decade, the foreign minister said Friday, noting that restoring order and building a democracy will take time and money.
		It is the worst wave of unrest since East Timor's bloody break from Indonesian rule seven years ago, when retaliatory militia groups devastated much of the territory.
		Fretilin, whose Portuguese acronym stands for Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, was a resistance movement during the Indonesian occupation.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060609/w060904.html (653 words)

	East Timor reaches full independence
		The East Timor Action Network/United States was founded in November 1991 to support genuine self-determination and human rights for the people of East Timor, and has focused to change US policy through this country.
		APCET is a network of local, national, regional and international organizations that are involved in solidarity initiatives on East Timor and was founded in 1994 after the watershed Asia-Pacific Conference in East Timor in Manila.
		Biography of the elected president of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao, winner of the April 14th elections.
	www.diplomaticnet.com /uk/act/act54.html (443 words)

	Countdown to East Timor Elections
		The Assembly will determine what type of political system East Timor will adopt and may transform itself to become the parliament of the world’s newest country.
		What may follow is a presidential election, expected early next year, and independence leader Xanana Gusmao – East Timor’s Nelson Mandela – is currently the most popular candidate for the presidency.
		With the help of the UN and the international community they are gradually rebuilding their lives and their country.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2001/note147.html (202 words)

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