United Nations Mission in East Timor
Overview
 
The United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) was established by Security Council
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of...

 Resolution 1246
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1246
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1246, adopted unanimously on June 11, 1999, after recalling previous resolutions on East Timor , particularly Resolution 1236 , the Council established the United Nations Mission in East Timor to organise and conduct the East Timor Special Autonomy...

 on 11 June 1999 for a period up to 31 August 1999. By Security Council Resolution 1257
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1257
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1257, adopted unanimously on August 3, 1999, after recalling previous resolutions on East Timor , particularly Resolution 1246 , the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in East Timor until September 30, 1999.The Security Council...

 of 3 August UNAMET was extended to 30 September 1999.
To organize and conduct a popular consultation
East Timor Special Autonomy Referendum
The East Timorese independence referendum was a referendum which was held throughout East Timor on 30 August 1999. The referendum's origins lay with the request made by the President of Indonesia, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, to the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 27 January 1999, for...

 on the basis of a direct, secret and universal ballot, in order to ascertain whether the East Timor
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

ese people accept the proposed constitutional framework providing for a special autonomy for East Timor within the unitary Republic
Unitary state
A unitary state is a state governed as one single unit in which the central government is supreme and any administrative divisions exercise only powers that their central government chooses to delegate...

 of Indonesia or reject the proposed special autonomy for East Timor, leading to East Timor’s separation from Indonesia, in accordance with the General Agreement and to enable the Secretary-General to discharge his responsibility under paragraph 3 of the Security Agreement.
  • Personal Representative of the Secretary-General: Ambassador Jamsheed Marker
    Jamsheed Marker
    Jamsheed Kaikobad Ardeshir Marker, HI, is a veteran Pakistani diplomat. Reportedly, he is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having been ambassador to more countries than any other person...

     (Pakistan)
  • Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission: Mr.
Quotations

"Look, these people... they have no jobs, no food, no education, no future. I just figure that you know, I mean, we have two things we can do. We can help, or we can sit back and watch a country destroy itself on CNN. Right?"

"Look, you guys, I know it's my first time as chalk leader, but, uh, this isn't our first time out together. This is serious. We're Rangers, not some sorry-ass JROTC. We're elite. Let's act like it out there."

"All right, listen up. We're gonna hold the perimeter and we're gonna hold the strongpoint. Conserve your ammo. Only shoot at what you can hit. The convoy is gonna come. We're gonna get home."

"Watch for Skinnies. They're all over the rooftops. They're in prayer, but not for much longer."

(to the dying Cpl. Jamie Smith) "You did what we were trained to do. You should be proud of that. Be proud of that."

"You know, a friend of mine asked me before I got here... it was when we were all shipping out. He asked me, 'Why are you going to fight somebody else's war? What, do y'all think you're heroes?' I didn't know what to say at the time, but if he asked me again, I'd say no. I'd say there's no way in hell. Nobody asks to be a hero. It just sometimes turns out that way."

"Hey - who's hungry?"

"You wanna know what I think? It don't really matter what I think. Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit, just goes right out the window."

"Just watch your corner and get all your men back here alive."

"It'd probably help to wash the blood out of the humvees."

 
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