United Nations
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Security Council Resolution
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1677, adopted unanimously on May 12, 2006, after reaffirming 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), particularly
Resolution 1599 (2005), the Council renewed the mandate of the
United Nations Office in Timor-Leste
United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) supported the capacity development of critical state institutions, including the East Timor National Police (PNTL) in order to strengthen democratic governance and to help further build to peace in East ...
(UNOTIL) until June 20, 2006.
The resolution was adopted after unrest in which five people were killed in mob violence after a large portion of the
national army was dismissed.
Details
The Security Council expressed concern over incidents that occurred on April 28 and 29, 2006 and the ensuing situation, while acknowledging the role of the
Timorese government to investigate the incidents. Extending UNOTIL's
mandate, the Council requested the
Secretary-General
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Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder ...
to provide an update on the situation and the role of the
peacekeeping
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Within the United N ...
operation with a view to taking further action.
Finally, the resolution encouraged the Timorese government and institutions to address the causes of the recent violence with assistance from UNOTIL.
See also
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2006 East Timorese crisis
The 2006 East Timorese crisis began as a conflict between elements of the military of East Timor over discrimination within the military and expanded to a coup attempt and general violence throughout the country, centred in the capital Dili. Th ...
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East Timor Special Autonomy Referendum
An independence referendum was held in East Timor on 30 August 1999. The referendum's origins lay with the request made by the President of Indonesia, B. J. Habibie, to the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 27 January 1999, for th ...
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(2005–2006)
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Operation Astute
Operation Astute was an Australian-led military deployment to East Timor to quell unrest and return stability in the 2006 East Timor crisis. It was headed by Brigadier Bill Sowry, and commenced on 25 May 2006 under the command of Brigadier Micha ...
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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