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"There is no consistent policy
regarding the disposition of equipment and material purchased for UN peacekeeping
missions. In past missions, the equipment has sometimes remained in the
country after the UN's departure. La'o Hamutuk urges the UN member states,
who through the UN collectively "own" this equipment, to make it available.
If the equipment is in good working order and desired by ETTA, the UN should
either donate it to the new government in a gesture of goodwill or sell
it at a value that considers both its steep depreciation and what it would
cost the UN to ship it out of East Timor." The La'o
Hamutuk Bulletin Editorial
Volume
2, Nos. 1-2
April
2001
Issue focus:
FUNDING EAST TIMOR'S RECONSTRUCTION
Table of contents:
To read this issue on the internet, or to
download a printable PDF version, go to:
La'o
Hamutuk Bulletin: http://www.etan.org/lh/bulletinv2n1.html
Editorial: EQUIPMENT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER
SHOULD STAY IN EAST TIMOR'S AFTER UNTAET LEAVES
While a very small percentage of equipment
has come from other UN missions, UNTAET has spent tens of millions of dollars
on new equipment. This includes: 1,350 new vehicles; 1,800 desktop computers,
desks, and filing cabinets; 1,500 printers; more than 500 laptop computers;
200 fax machines; and 74 computer file servers (that cost $33,000 each).
The UN mission has also spent significant monies transporting this equipment
from overseas to East Timor.
There is no consistent policy regarding
the disposition of equipment and material purchased for UN peacekeeping
missions. In past missions, the equipment has sometimes remained in the
country after the UN's departure. La'o Hamutuk urges the UN member states,
who through the UN collectively "own" this equipment, to make it available.
If the equipment is in good working order and desired by ETTA, the UN should
either donate it to the new government in a gesture of goodwill or sell
it at a value that considers both its steep depreciation and what it would
cost the UN to ship it out of East Timor.
It is also lamentable that some equipment
that would be quite useful for the new government will clearly not remain
in East Timor, even if an agreement is reached regarding other items. For
instance, UNTAET rented 380 photocopiers from Ricoh Company. In just two
years, UNTAET will have paid an average of $10,000 per machine. However,
because UNTAET did not decide to purchase photocopiers outright or lease
them with an option to buy, the nearly $4 million spent will have no bearing
on the new government's future inventory of photocopiers. Incidentally,
some ETTA departments are now buying new Ricoh photocopiers for $7,000
each.
Tetum:
(the
most common East Timorese language)
La’o
Hamutuk, Instituto Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitoring Reconstrucao
Updated Feb 26
Saida
mak La’o Hamutuk? La’o Hamutuk organizasaun klibur Ema Timor
Lorosa’e no Ema Internacional ne’ebe buka atu tau matan, halo analize ho
halo relatorio kona ba hahalok (actividade) instuisaun internacional ne’ebe
oras ne’e haknaar iha Timor Lorosa’e, liu-liu hahalok sira ne’ebe iha relasaun
ho rekonstrusaun fizika no social Timor Lorosa’e nian. La’o Hamutuk
fiar katak Povo Timor Lorosa’e mak tenke hakotu iha procesu rekonstrusaun
ne’e nia laran no procesu rekonstrusaun ne’e tenke demokratiku no transparante
duni.
Local Contact: P.O. Box 340,
Dili, East Timor (via Darwin, Australia) Mobile fone: +61(408)811373;
Telefone Uma: +670(390)325-013
International contact: +1-510-643-4507
Email: laohamutuk@easttimor.minihub.org
Homepage: http://www.etan.org/lh
Boletim La’o Hamutuk: [Tetum PDF
format]
Vol. 1, No. 4, 31 Dejembru 2000 Banku
Mundial iha Timor Loro Sa’e: http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/lhbul4tm.pdf
Vol. 1, No. 3, 17 Novembro 2000 Hari Sistema
Saude Nasional iha Timor Lorosa’e: http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/LHbul3tm.pdf
Vol. 1, No. 2, 17 Julho 2000 Protesaun
ba meio ambiente iha TL: http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/bulletin02tetum.pdf
Vol. 1, No. 1, 21 Juñu 2000 Rekonciliasaun:
http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/bulletin01tetum.pdf
English:
La'o
Hamutuk: East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
Updated May 11
La'o Hamutuk (Tetum for Walking
Together) is a joint East Timorese-international organization that seeks
to monitor, to analyze, and to report on the reconstruction activities
of the principal international institutions. It believes that the people
of East Timor must be the ultimate decisionmakers in the reconstruction
process and that the process should be as democratic and transparent as
possible ...
East Timorese staff: Inès
Martins, Fernando da Silva, Thomas Freitas;
International staff:Pamela
Sexton, Mark Salzer Executive board: Sr. Maria Dias, Joseph Nevins,
Fr. Jovito Rego de Jesus Araùjo, Aderito Soares
International contact: +1-510-643-4507
Email: laohamutuk@easttimor.minihub.org
Homepage: http://www.etan.org/lh
La’o Hamutuk Bulletin: http://www.etan.org/lh/bulletin.html
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