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        "id": 1261833,
        "msgid": "un-on-track-to-finish-east-timor-mission-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-08-15 00:00:00",
        "title": "UN on track to finish East Timor mission",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "UN on track to finish East Timor mission Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press, United Nations The United Nations is on track to wrap up its peacekeeping mission in East Timor in mid-2004 following the country's successful transition from UN administration to independence, the Security Council said on Tuesday.",
        "content": "<p>UN on track to finish East Timor mission<\/p>\n<p>Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press, United Nations<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations is on track to wrap up its peacekeeping<br>\nmission in East Timor in mid-2004 following the country's<br>\nsuccessful transition from UN administration to independence, the<br>\nSecurity Council said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three months after the former Indonesian territory<br>\nbecame the world's newest nation, the council said East Timor has<br>\ntaken steps to assume responsibility for its own security and<br>\nestablish itself in the international community.<\/p>\n<p>\"The East Timor Defense Force is taking over operational<br>\nresponsibilities from UN peacekeepers as planned, and East<br>\nTimor's civilian police units are replacing United Nations<br>\ncivilian police units in a timely fashion,\" the council said in a<br>\nstatement.<\/p>\n<p>The council issued the statement after a briefing from<br>\nAssistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi on developments since<br>\nEast Timor's independence on May 20 after centuries of Portuguese<br>\nrule and 24 years of often brutal occupation by Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte, the current council president<br>\nwho read the statement, said members got \"good news\" from Annabi<br>\non the UN mission's work \"and the mission is due to be completed<br>\nin mid-2004.\"<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations took over administration of the tiny<br>\nSoutheast Asian territory after its people voted overwhelmingly<br>\nfor independence from Indonesia in a UN-sponsored referendum on<br>\nAug. 30, 1999. The ballot touched off a rampage by Indonesian<br>\nmilitary and pro-Jakarta militiamen who killed hundreds of people<br>\nand destroyed much of the territory.<\/p>\n<p>The fighting was stopped when international peacekeepers<br>\narrived a month later, and the United Nations later took over the<br>\npeacekeeping operation.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Security Council approved a UN mission of 5,000 UN<br>\ntroops, 1,250 international police, and 100 civilians to help the<br>\nfledgling nation build a democratic government and maintain<br>\nsecurity.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution authorizing the scaled-down mission envisioned<br>\nthat over a period of two years, the United Nations would fully<br>\nhand over \"all operational responsibilities to the East Timorese<br>\nauthorities.\"<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/un-on-track-to-finish-east-timor-mission-1447893297",
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