United Nations Office in East Timor

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UNOTILE
operation area East Timor
German name United Nations Office in East Timor
English name United Nations Office in Timor-Leste
Based on UN resolution 1599
Other UN resolutions 1677, 1690, 1703
Beginning 2005
The End 2006
Location of the operational area LocationEastTimor.svg

The United Nations Office in Timor-Leste ( United Nations Office in Timor-Leste UNOTIL ) is the name of the representation of the United Nations in East Timor . The UN mission , which was carried out with comparatively very little staff and costs, began its work in May 2005. Up to 2006, around 90 mainly civilian helpers worked in UNOTIL in an advisory capacity. Originally UNOTIL was supposed to run for one year, the mandate was extended several times and should be valid until August 2006. The seat was the Obrigado Barracs barracks in Dili .

UN office in Darwin / Australia during the mission in East Timor
UNOTIL truck in Dili
UNOTIL headquarters (2006)

The mission objectives were set on the basis of the UN Security Council resolution 1599 . UNOTIL supported state institutions, such as the national police, in developing their capacities to strengthen the democratic system and secure peace in East Timor. A UN police force made up of technical advisers continued to provide support for the national police. For example, special training courses for rapid reaction and intervention units were created. In addition, the consultants were responsible for training in specialist areas such as anti-terrorism, forensics and administration in all of East Timor's districts.

In 1999, the UN Interim Administration ( UNTAET ) was set up in East Timor after the country had voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum . Indonesia annexed the former Portuguese colony in 1975 nine days after its declaration of independence. After bloody riots by the Indonesian military and pro-Indonesian militias during the 1999 referendum, an international force led by Australia intervened. On May 20, 2002, East Timor was granted independence by the United Nations. UNTAET was followed by the smaller UNMISET blue helmet mission . On May 20, 2005, the last UN blue helmet soldiers of UNMISET left East Timor. What remained was the establishment of the downsized successor mission UNOTIL, decided by the UN Security Council, with initially 45 employees. UNOTIL's mandate actually ended on May 19, 2006. Due to the unrest in East Timor in 2006 , however, the UN mission was not ended as planned, but transformed into the UN mission UNMIT with resolution 1704 after the UNOTIL mandate had already been signed by World Security Council Resolutions 1677 and 1690 and finally Resolution 1703 was extended until August 25, 2006. UNMIT officially began on September 13, 2006.

UN medal for UNOTIL

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