📅 27 Januari 1999
Indonesian President B. J. Habibie announced that East Timor could choose between special autonomy within Indonesia and separation. The proposal followed 24 years of Indonesian occupation and East...
📅 30 Augustus 1999
Nearly 98 percent of registered voters participated; 78.5 percent rejected special autonomy within Indonesia. The result expressed a clear popular demand for a transition toward independence after...
📅 25 Oktober 1999
Security Council Resolution 1272 gave UNTAET broad administrative authority and tasked it with supporting self-government and reconstruction. The arrangement enabled the transition to independence but...
📅 30 Augustus 2001
More than 91 percent of eligible voters participated in elections for an assembly tasked with drafting a constitution and preparing the transition to independence. The vote advanced self-government...
