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DATE=10/25/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-N / TIMOR ADMINISTRATION (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-255454
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  The United Nations Security Council today 
(Monday) unanimously approved the establishment of a 
Transitional Administration in East Timor which could 
lay the groundwork for independence there.  VOA 
Correspondent Breck Ardery reports.
TEXT:  The Security Council followed the 
recommendations of U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan 
who called for almost nine thousand U-N troops in East 
Timor.  The resolution also calls for almost two 
thousand civilian police and military observers.  The 
United Nations Transitional Administration in East 
Timor - UNTAET - will have responsibility for the 
overall administration of East Timor, including all 
legislative and executive authority, until January of 
2001.
The aim of UNTAET is to facilitate humanitarian relief 
efforts, maintain law and order and create conditions 
in which the East Timorese people will be able to 
establish their own government.
Penelope Wensley, Australia's ambassador to the United 
Nations, said that, in addition to immediate relief 
efforts, UNTAET will faces major long-term challenges.
            /// WENSLEY ACT ///
      UNTAET, in close consultation with the East 
      Timorese, must also build the foundation for a 
      democratic and stable state. It must build a 
      constitution, a legal system and judiciary, a 
      police force and a civil service.
            /// END ACT ///
The U-N Transitional Administration will replace the 
Australian-led multinational force that has been in 
East Timor since late September.  However, it is 
expected that many of the Australian soldiers will be 
integrated into the new U-N command.
Shortly after the Security Council approved the 
Transitional Administration for East Timor, U-N 
Secretary General Kofi Annan said he will appoint 
Sergio Vieira de Mello to lead the Transitional 
Administration for at least the next six months. Mr. 
Vieira De Mello is a Brazilian diplomat who is U-N 
Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.
The U-N operation in East Timor will be expensive with 
first year costs estimated to be as high as one 
billion dollars.(Signed)
NEB/UN/BA/KL
25-Oct-1999 13:47 PM EDT (25-Oct-1999 1747 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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