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East Timor (6502 words) |
 | UNTAET regulations, which are based on the U.N. Convention on Civil and Political Rights, explicitly preclude arbitrary arrest and detention, and require a hearing within 48 hours of arrest to review the lawfulness of the arrest and detention. |
| UNTAET requested assistance from the Government of Indonesia in extraditing identified suspects at large in Indonesia; however, by year's end, the Government of Indonesia had refused to extradite suspects to East Timor or to allow UNTAET investigators to question suspects in Indonesia. |
| UNTAET and the CNRT have made significant efforts to include women in appointed political bodies, and there are 13 women on the National Council; however, women remain underrepresented in the government and politics, especially at top leadership levels. |
| UNTAET - definition of UNTAET in Encyclopedia (211 words) |
| While the United States supported the transition authority, it did so mainly by underwriting contracts to replace destroyed infrastructure and thus avoided a military involvement. |
| 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. |
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