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      "date": "2001-07-09",
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      "title": "East Timor Situation Report",
      "summary": "A United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET) was established in October\n1999\nfollowing the entrance of U.N.-sponsored international peacekeepers into East Timor. These\nmeasures came in response to Indonesian-instigated violence against East Timorese who had voted\noverwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia in a referendum of August 30, 1999. UNTAET's\nmandate is broad. It is to help East Timor recover from the violence through humanitarian aid and\nreconstruction of facilities that were damaged or destroyed. It is to help East Timor establish a\nfunctioning government, which will take over from the United Nations when East Timor formally\nbecomes independent. Independence is estimated for the end of 2001, but recent statements by U.N.\nofficials suggest that it could be postponed. The United Nations also has been involved in\nIndonesian West Timor in assisting about 240,000 displaced East Timorese who fled or were\nforcibly transported to West Timor during the violence. \n  The U.N. operations are financed through assessments on all member nations and voluntary\ncontributions from governments. Current funding levels are to cover the period 2000-2002. The\nU.S. Agency for International Development provided $29 million in FY2000 and $25 million in\nFY2001 in bilateral assistance. U.S. aid is helping to establish a judicial system, train civil servants,\nassist local radio and television programming, educate voters, and assist the coffee industry (East\nTimor's main export). The Bush Administration requested $10 million for FY2002, but Congress\nalready has indicated that $25 million may be appropriated.\n  East Timor faces a continuing threat from Indonesia. East Timorese militia groups, who\ncommitted much of the violence in September 1999, regrouped in West Timor after the\nestablishment of UNTAET. They controlled the camps housing displaced East Timorese, preventing\nmany from returning home. In August 2000, militia members murdered U.N. workers in the camps. \nThe militia rearmed with assistance from the Indonesian military, and they infiltrated back into East\nTimor. The Indonesian military also has resisted attempts to bring to trial military officers and\nmilitia leaders responsible for the violence of September 1999.\n  The United States faces several policy issues: levels of future aid to East Timor, the U.S. role\nin assisting an indigenous East Timorese military force, and influencing Indonesian policy toward\nEast Timor.",
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