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Abstract
In East Timor, announcement of the results of ‘popular consultation’, organised by the UN, sparked off massive violence by the pro‐integration militia. Organised, coordinated operations of ransacking and burning of towns and forcible displacement of thousands of East Timorese to West Timor and the hinterlands led to the total deterioration of the security situation in East Timor and thus a multinational force led by Australia was deployed to control the situation. The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) was established with total legislative and executive powers.
East Timor is a unique case as here the UN mission is endowed with an overall responsibility for the administration of the region. UN is acting as a government in East Timor, and is facing a number of challenges in terms of bringing a stable political structure and administration in the region.