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A bit of history behind East Timor
====East Timor has been managed by a Mandate Since March of 1999. The first Mandate ended in 1999, and that was for policital views, guaging wether East Timor should be an autocratic government or a special admininstrative zone of Indonesia. The second Mandate was from 1999 to mid 2002, which was involved in peacekeeping after East Timor rejected the offer of being a special autonomous reigon. This was the time of transition when East Timor's government was being sorted out. The third Mandate was impliminted in 2002, and it was to assist East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, into being self sufficient. The final Mandate was the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste. However, as this mandate was ending, a series of events leading to the culmination of a diaster of extreme porportions forced the security council to withdraw and build a new Mandate, which helped the new government to assimilate within the peoples, and to curb the fear of the generations against the government. This mandate has been enforced since then, and will expire in 2010.====

**East Timor security improves, reforms needed**
====This article highlights the current situation in East Timor. It begins by stating the fact that although East Timor has had violence within the year, it has improved greatly. However, the article continues to state that quote "But "security sector reform is lagging, the justice system is weak, the government shows signs of intolerance towards dissenting voices and it has not got a grip on corruption", the ICG said in its report." The stability of the country depends on the security of the country and the growth of the economy.==== ====At first, I never knew East Timor had a problem, neither did I know where East Timor was. This really opened up my eyes, learning about East Timor, from it's humble, rich beginings, to the modern times, where, for the last 30-40 years, it has been war in, war out. It also explemifies the fact that the world is not always happy, and that the UN is striving, trying to make peace and harmony within the world. It would be a small step, to end the instabilities of East Timor, but it would create a ripple effect, thus spawning new Ideas in harmonizing the world as a whole by using tatics that had worked that had been employed in East Timor in other countries, such as Thailand, Indonesia, the former soviet bloc and other countries that have unstable environments.====

133 cops going to East Timor for peacekeeping
=== This [|article], from the Philippine Star, details the emergance of news that a group of 133 cops from the Philipine National Police will be going to East Timor for peacekeeping operations. Peacekeeping, defined by the United Nations, is the presence of soldiers from countries that weren't involved in the war that both parties of a war have agreed to allow to help rebuild the infastructure of the country. The article also continues to state that the Philippines has continually sent soldiers to aid East Timor in it's efforts to rebuild. Even though this article is somewhat short, it also highlights the fact that peace CAN be achieved. This is the main objective of MUN. However, as my topic is on the question of stabilizing East Timor, it raises a question. How could such a place have had gotten into a mess like this? Could other countries use their experiences to help the philippines, as no country has had a peaceful birth. However, a delegate of any country within the Security Council could go and look at their history, not only learning about their own country, but bringing ideas from their country. ===

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