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  1. “For our part, as a people and a nation that emerged from the ashes to look forward to becoming a State Member of the United Nations, we shall continue to embrace the principles of human rights, mutual respect, good citizenship and cooperation at all levels between States and peoples. Our actions will always be oriented towards sustained peace and stability. Those are the best assets we have. Lastly but not least, I should like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his personal commitment over many years to helping us, as a people and a nation, to succeed in the struggle for peace and freedom.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  2. “Support from the international community, including technical advisers to support key Government functions, will be essential for some time to come. In short, our struggle for freedom and independence evolved from the cold-war era into the new millennium. Our independence is the product of the sustained determination of our people, combined with active cooperation with the international community at all levels. Our future success will also depend on the continuation of that determination and cooperation. I appeal to the Security Council and to the Secretary-General to continue to support us in the challenging years ahead. Our success is your success.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  3. “To maintain and sustain security and stability, which are the most important conditions for national development and democracy, are two intertwined processes that must be carefully nurtured. We will face a real test after the declaration of independence on 20 May. That is when capacity- building begins in earnest. A central issue is how are we going to manage the legislature in order to elaborate laws to regulate an environment conducive to sustaining economic development. The other real challenge is how the United Nations and the people of East Timor can continue to work together in the post- independence era to enhance the capacity of the institutions of East Timor after it becomes a democratic State.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  4. “We welcome those plans and shall work together to make sure that the objectives assigned to the successor Mission will be successfully implemented. The building of democratic institutions has also been a process led by the United Nations through UNTAET, working with the Timorese leadership, as envisaged in the Security Council resolutions. So far, it has been a success. The challenge now for the Timorese, and also for the United Nations, is how to consolidate the core democratic institutions. The need to enhance the capacity and transparency of political institutions and of the administrative apparatus is a critical challenge. Appropriate development in the areas of law and order is another.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  5. “The commitment of the entire Security Council to East Timor and the personal commitment of the Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, were certainly a force in that process. Our people will never forget the Council's help. The experience of the administration of UNTAET holds rich lessons for the future. Future United Nations administrations in post-conflict situations will be much richer if the lessons from East Timor are incorporated into the design and implementation of United Nations plans. The successor mission, the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), has a mandate-implementation plan with defined benchmarks to be achieved within a certain time frame. For this plan to succeed, it will need the support of Member States.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  6. “How are we going to respond to basic human rights in terms of employment, working conditions and equal opportunities for both genders? How are we going to nurture and sustain integrated democratic processes? Those are all real challenges, not only for us, the Timorese, but also for the United Nations. Our struggle for freedom was a litmus test for the process of resolving conflict through peaceful means. Our freedom, won through years of sustained resistance on many fronts and finally becoming a reality through the 5 May accord, was sealed in the ballot box in the popular consultation held on 30 August 1999. That was a turning point in our history. I wish to reiterate the fact that the successful implementation of the popular consultation was a product of the United Nations working creatively with the people of East Timor.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  7. “It will be an important document not only to guide the Government and civil society in developing the nation, but also to guide the international community on how best it can continue to help us support our major goals of reducing poverty and promoting economic and social development. We now have a constitution. It provides guarantees of human rights for our people. In terms of the philosophy of the United Nations, our constitution provides an example of how the fundamental elements of human rights can be incorporated into a constitution. For a nation in the making, delivering those guarantees to individuals and to the nation is a gigantic challenge. How are we going to respond to the basic needs of our people in terms of employment, basic health and the right to education?”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  8. “The aim of the consultation was to ensure that the national development plan would reflect the needs and aspirations of our people. I was personally involved in the exercise, as the Head of the Commission. That particular exercise enabled almost 40,000 people to participate directly in planning for the future. They presented their own vision and expectations and outlined their own priorities. The report on the aspirations and priorities identified by the people is now in the hands of the Government. Education and health were identified as areas of major concern and will be at the top of the list of priorities. The development plan will be released before independence.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  9. “With very limited resources, the Government is likely to face extreme difficulties in implementing its programmes unless financial support and the appropriate expertise from the international community are forthcoming. The Chief Minister, Mr. Alkatiri, can explain the details of those matters. There is a plan to provide international experts for 100 core functions, which have been identified by UNTAET and the Government as critical to the viability of the Government and to political stability. That support is important. The Government has been actively involved in the process of preparing the first national development plan for East Timor. Civil society has also been involved in that process through the Civil Society Consultative Commission, which administered a countrywide consultation.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  10. “The civil service is evolving, but many challenges still exist, especially at the senior level, in building the capacity of our people to maintain effective, transparent and accountable government. We are now about to become independent. As reported by the Secretary-General, a constitution was adopted by an elected Constituent Assembly and, on the basis of that constitution, we have just held presidential elections. We now have the three basic institutions of sovereignty: the executive, the parliament and a president. Our second Transitional Government was set up after the election of a Constituent Assembly on 30 August 2001.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  11. “The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) was formed to carry out the second phase on behalf of the Security Council. With the support of the peacekeeping force, UNTAET's mandate was to create the democratic institutions of Government. In the last two years, UNTAET has given primary emphasis to the maintenance of security and the establishment of the rule of law. The development of the East Timor Police Service and the East Timor Defence Force has been an extraordinary achievement. We are now certain that we are heading in the right direction, but we acknowledge that much more needs to be done, especially in the administration of justice. Other areas of critical importance, such as education, health, agriculture and fisheries, still require strong support in terms of finance and human resources.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  12. “We are particularly indebted to the Security Council and to all the countries that helped to take that decisive decision. The diplomatic and military actions taken by the international community proved to the world that it had the capacity to end widespread violence against a defenceless people. Through the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET), many countries came together under the overall command of Australia to help control the situation. Operation Stability was a success. INTERFET was not envisaged in the 5 May accord, but it was necessary to save the accord itself. By doing so, it also helped to honour the responsibilities and the undertakings of the Government of Indonesia based on the 5 May accord. INTERFET allowed the second phase of the accord to be implemented.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  13. “The 5 May accord envisaged that, regardless of the outcome of the vote, the United Nations would take over administration of the territory. The violence that followed the announcement of the results of the vote was beyond belief. As a nation and people, over a period of 24 years of occupation we endured extreme and systematic violence, but nothing prepared us for the violence of September 1999. Within a short period, people were killed and our country was looted and burned. Thousands of people fled from their villages and towns to the mountains, and many more were forced to cross the border into Indonesia. For our people, that was an eclipse of freedom. The international community witnessed the violence and destruction and acted forcefully to stop it.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  14. “The Secretary-General was given the authority to initiate the necessary measures, including calling upon all interested parties to work together towards the implementation of the spirit and the letter of the resolution. After 18 years, in May 1999, the United Nations and the Governments of the Republic of Indonesia and the Portuguese Republic signed the 5 May accord. That accord enabled the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) to be set up to implement the first phase, which was the popular consultation held on 30 August 1999. The referendum finally allowed us to exercise our right to self-determination. As expected, our people opted overwhelmingly for independence, for freedom and for democracy.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

  15. “Mr. Gusmfio: I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation to address this important meeting devoted to East Timor. The Secretary-General has already presented a comprehensive review of the latest developments, and the Chief Minister, Mr. Mari Alkatiri, is also here to complement this report with an update. Before talking about the current stage leading towards formal independence, allow me to touch on some earlier key events pertaining to the question of East Timor. They are well known to everyone here, of course, but I wish to briefly reflect on where we came from before we reached this phase, where formal independence is about to be granted. The process towards a peaceful solution for East Timor was clearly defined 20 years ago, when the General Assembly adopted resolution 37/30, in 1982.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source