UNTAET Daily Briefing 19 September 2001

19 Sept 2001

UNTAET Daily Briefing 19 Sep 2001

Dili, 19 September 2001

NEW EAST TIMORESE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED TOMORROW

The new all-East Timorese Council of Ministers of the Second Transitional Government, which will replace the current Transitional Cabinet, will be sworn-in tomorrow morning in Dili.

This second Transitional Government and its Council of Ministers will govern East Timor during the remaining transitional period before the independence of a democratic and sovereign state.

This Transitional Government will see its powers reinforced, formulating programs and policies for the Public Administration and supervising it, and recommending to the Transitional Administrator the promulgation of legislation, all of this in close consultation with the Transitional Administrator who retains the ultimate executive and legislative authority, in accordance with Resolution 1272 of the Security Council, which established UNTAET.

Furthermore, a Public Administration of East Timor will be formally established, implementing the programs and policies of the Council of Ministers, a body now totally composed of Timorese members, broadly reflecting the results of the election that took place on 30 August.

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