DILI - East Timor will continue to need the support of the United Nations to strengthen peace and stability after UN peacekeeping missions come to an end, President Xanana Gusmao said on Thursday.
"We will still continue to count on your support... to help us consolidate the achievements and progress we have made in securing peace and stability over these last few years," Gusmao said in a ceremony to mark the end of the mandate of the UN Mission of Support in Timor-Leste (UNMISET.) He hailed UNMISET's contribution to peace and security in East Timor, which voted to break away from Indonesia in a violence-marred ballot in 1999.| We should recognize that occasionally the U.N. gets one right -- particularly when Aussies lead the charge. East Timor wasn't handled well, but it could have been a lot worse, and it got better the day the Aussies stepped ashore. |
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