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The UN Transitional Administration in East Timor provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor. Its responsibilities included providing a peacekeeping force to maintain security and order; facilitating and coordinating relief assistance to East Timorese; facilitating emergency rehabilitation of physical infrastructure; administering East Timor and creating structures for sustainable governance and the rule of law; and assisting in the drafting of a new constitution and conducting elections. It was led by Sergio Vieira de Mello.
UNTAET was established on October 25, 1999 and was abolished on May 20, 2002 with most functions passed to the East Timor government. The military and police forces were transferred to the newly created United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor.
EastTimor posed a challenge, for the creation of infrastructure and for the establishment of development, he said.
At present, EastTimor was faced with rebuilding all sectors of its society and assisting was a challenge to the United Nations.
He praised the positive evolution of the relationship between EastTimor and Indonesia and welcomed the considerable efforts to achieve progress in civil administration and governance since UNTAET was established.
The Democratic Republic of EastTimor or Timor-Leste is an island nation in southeastern Asia, consisting of the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, a political exclave of EastTimor situated on the western side of the island, surrounded by West Timor.
Timor is the Malay word for "Orient" and the island of Timor is part of the Indonesian archipelago and the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
The East Timorese population, which is collectively known as the Maubere, an originally derogatory name that was turned into a name of pride by the resistance movement, consists of a number of distinct ethnic groups, most of which are of Malay descent and some of older Papuan stock.
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