United Nations Security Council resolution 1319, adopted unanimously on 8 September 2000, after recalling previous resolutions on

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

(Timor-Leste), the Council demanded that

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take steps to

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and disband militia on the island following the killing of three United Nations staff. The Security Council recalled its previous concern about the many

refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.

s from East Timor present in camps in

West Timor West Timor ( id, Timor Barat) is an area covering the western part of the island of Timor, except for the district of Oecussi-Ambeno (an East Timorese exclave). Administratively, West Timor is part of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The ca ...

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were also present in the camps and intimidating refugees and staff from the

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(UNHCR). It was appalled by the murder of three United Nations staff on 6 September 2000 by a militia-led mob, and attacks against international personnel in the country and refugees were condemned. A number of refugees were also killed in Betun, West Timor, and the Council welcomed condemnation and intention of holding an investigation by Indonesia. The resolution insisted that the

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take steps to immediately disarm and disband the militia, restore law and order, ensure the safety of refugee camps and of humanitarian workers and prevent cross-border incursions. It also stressed that those responsible for the armed attacks on the island of

Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is East Timor–Indonesia border, divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western p ...

be brought to justice, particularly as grave violations of

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had taken place. The Indonesian authorities were called upon to ensure the safe return of refugees who would voluntarily return to East Timor and those that did not would be resettled. The Council noted that Indonesia had deployed additional troops in West Timor but noted that UNHCR workers could not return until there were credible guarantees of safety. The

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had to urgently respond to the militia threat in accordance with Resolution 1272 (1999). Finally, the Secretary-General

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was requested to report within a week to the council on the situation on the island. Following the adoption of Resolution 1319, the Council approved the dispatch of a mission to the region to discuss its implementation.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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