United Nations Mission in East Timor

United Nations Mission in East Timor
United Nations Mission in East Timor
Abbreviation UNAMET
Formation 11 June 1999
Type Referendum Support
Legal status Completed
Head
Ian Martin
Parent organization
United Nations Security Council
Website www.un.org/etimor

The United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) was established by Security Council Resolution 1246 on 11 June 1999 for a period up to 31 August 1999.[1] By Security Council Resolution 1257 of 3 August UNAMET was extended to 30 September 1999.[2]

Mandate

To organise and conduct a popular consultation on the basis of a direct, secret and universal ballot, to ascertain whether the East Timorese people accept the proposed constitutional framework providing for a special autonomy for East Timor within the unitary Republic of Indonesia or reject the proposed special autonomy for East Timor, leading to East Timor’s separation from Indonesia, in accordance with the General Agreement and to enable the Secretary-General to discharge his responsibility under paragraph 3 of the Security Agreement.

Staff

International Staff: current deployment = 210 (full deployment = 242)

Civilian Police: current deployment = 271 (fully deployed)

Contributions from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Zimbabwe

Military Liaison Officers: current deployment = 50 (fully deployed)

Contributions from Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Russian Federation, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, Uruguay

UN Volunteers: current deployment = 422 (full deployment = 425) (includes district electoral officers, support staff and medical unit) Contributions from 67 countries

Local Staff: current figure = 668 core staff (401 hired for 20 days voter registration period and an additional 3,600 will be hired for a five-day period before and after the ballot – 5 local staff at each polling station)

Television mini series

UNAMET was depicted in the ABC television series, Answered By Fire (2006)

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1246. S/RES/1246(1999) (1999) Retrieved 6 September 2008.
  2. ↑ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1257. S/RES/1257(1999) (1999) Retrieved 6 September 2008.
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