United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor

The United Nations Transitional Administration for East Timor, UNTAET short (of English. Transitional Administration in East United Nations Timor) was 25 October 1999 until 20 May 2002, a peace mission to the UN in the territory of East Timor. Their purpose was to provide an interim government and the protection of the East Timorese population that was exposed after its referendum for independence on 30 August 1999, the violence by pro-Indonesian militias and parts of the Indonesian military. Formed the basis for the mission of the UN resolutions 1272 and 1392nd

History

The initiative for the UNTAET came from Australia, which also provided the bulk of the troops. The other nations involved in peacekeeping and reconstruction were: Egypt, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Fiji, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, the UK, South Korea, Canada, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Thailand, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United States and Uruguay. To secure the country it was divided into four sectors. In the east, troops from South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines were responsible, in the center of Portugal, in the west of Australia and New Zealand and in the exclave Oecussi- Ambena Jordan. The mission consisted of 7,687 uniformed people, including 6,281 soldiers, 1,288 civilian police and 188 military observers. The costs amounted to 476.8 million U.S. dollars. 17 UNTAET-A ngehörige died in the operation.

With the formal declaration of independence of East Timor UNTAET mission was completed under the direction of Sergio Vieira de Mello. Most civic duties were transferred to the newly elected government under President Xanana Gusmão, while the supervision of the military and police of the follow-on mission UNMISET is under.

UNTAET Crime Scene Detachment

The UNTAET Crime Scene Detachment was a Special Investigation Unit, which was established in November 1999 in East Timor under UNTAET. It consisted of international police, Australian and New Zealand military police. The unit was charged with the exhumation of several hundreds of East Timorese victims who were killed during the UN mandate. While the international police forces worked mainly in Liquiçá and environment, the military police throughout East Timor were active. After the arrival of new international police forces, the unit was disbanded in late 2000 and went to the Human Rights investigative unit in Dili.