Dili, 25 May 2001
UNTAET CHIEF OF STAFF LEAVES FOR KUPANG

UNTAET’s Chief of Staff Parameswaran and the Head of UNTAET’s Office in Kupang Timothy Hudner left today for Kupang, West Timor, to prepare for Bishop of Baucau Basílio do Nascimento’s visit to West Timor on 28 May. The Bishop will meet with the Chairman of the pro-autonomy organization UNTAS Domingos Soares and other UNTAS members, as well as with former militiamen. On 29 May, Bishop Basílio do Nascimento will participate in a meeting between East Timorese liurais (traditional kings) who are residing in East Timor and liurais living in West Timor. The following day, the Bishop is expected to visit a refugee camp and give a mass. The Civilian Police Commissioner José Luís da Costa e Sousa is also part of the delegation, invited by the Indonesian Chief of Police of Kupang. In other related news, UNTAET will send an observer, Timothy Hudner, to the one-day registration exercise the Government of Indonesia plans to hold in the refugee camps in West Timor on 6 June.

EAST TIMORESE DIRECTORS RECRUITED

The Civil and Public Employment Service last week recruited three East Timorese as Heads of the Donor Coordination Unit, the Gender Affairs Unit and the Environmental Protection Unit. A senior level East Timorese has also been recruited as the Director of the Division of Health Services and four East Timorese as deputies. Sixty-four East Timorese were recruited on Tuesday as Directors of the Health Services in the districts.

PTT APPLIES FOR PARTY REGISTRATION

The Partido Trabalhista Timorense (PTT) submitted an application for registration to the Independent Electoral Commission today, 25 May, in order to present candidates to the elections for the Constituent Assembly. This is the eight party to submit an application.

FACT SHEET UPDATE - SERIOUS CRIMES AND
JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF 1999 VIOLENCE


Dili, 25 May 2001