The United Nations Mission Of Support In East Timor (UNMISET)
The United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)
Established on 20 May 200, UNMISET was both a peacekeeping and an assisting operation to East Timor until all operational responsibilities were fully transferred to local people. The mandates of UNMISET were to assist public administrative structures of the East Timorese government, provide interim law enforcement, develop the East Timorese police structure, and maintain internal and external security. It was praised by the great involvements from the local people (Howard, 2008). UNMISET was expired on May 2005.
Howard (2008) explained UNMISET assisted local people in setting out development objectives, policies, and programs for implementation during and beyond the mission. They …show more content…
UNMIT worked with all segments of Timorese society, including government, police and armed forces, the national parliament and political parties, the judiciary, civil society groups and the media to help Timor-Leste achieve stability, strengthen rule of law and improve capacities of state institutions. It came to an end on December 2012 and marked itself as the last UN’s operation in East Timor that lasted over a decade (“United Nations,” n.d.).
UNMIT helped the government to arrange elections, restored security through UN Civilian police force, supported the reforms of security sector, strengthened the rule of law and human rights, promoted democratic governance, and support the economic and social developments (“UNMIT Mandate,” …show more content…
Firstly, it underestimated the outcomes of the 1999 referendum. It was not prepared to prevent the violence that started by the anti-independent militias after the result was announced. Furthermore, it failed domestically and internationally in the judicial system. UNTEAT’s strategy in judicial affairs was to train East Timorese and turned the administration of justice to East Timor as quick as possible. However, there was no quick way to set up a judicial system. Moreover, there was also an internal crisis that broke out in 2006 due to discrimination within the military line. During that time, almost 600 soldiers refuse to return to their barracks because they complained about living conditions and especially discriminatory policy between the loved Eastern forces and the hated Western armies. In addition, during and after all the operations in East Timor, there was a disparity in wealth between international and local staffs. The international staffs had the right to do or not to do something by themselves rather than giving East Timorese staffs the opportunity. This situation eventually became the main reason why the East Timorese did not feel any sense of ownership of the reconstructing processes within their own
Established on 20 May 200, UNMISET was both a peacekeeping and an assisting operation to East Timor until all operational responsibilities were fully transferred to local people. The mandates of UNMISET were to assist public administrative structures of the East Timorese government, provide interim law enforcement, develop the East Timorese police structure, and maintain internal and external security. It was praised by the great involvements from the local people (Howard, 2008). UNMISET was expired on May 2005.
Howard (2008) explained UNMISET assisted local people in setting out development objectives, policies, and programs for implementation during and beyond the mission. They …show more content…
UNMIT worked with all segments of Timorese society, including government, police and armed forces, the national parliament and political parties, the judiciary, civil society groups and the media to help Timor-Leste achieve stability, strengthen rule of law and improve capacities of state institutions. It came to an end on December 2012 and marked itself as the last UN’s operation in East Timor that lasted over a decade (“United Nations,” n.d.).
UNMIT helped the government to arrange elections, restored security through UN Civilian police force, supported the reforms of security sector, strengthened the rule of law and human rights, promoted democratic governance, and support the economic and social developments (“UNMIT Mandate,” …show more content…
Firstly, it underestimated the outcomes of the 1999 referendum. It was not prepared to prevent the violence that started by the anti-independent militias after the result was announced. Furthermore, it failed domestically and internationally in the judicial system. UNTEAT’s strategy in judicial affairs was to train East Timorese and turned the administration of justice to East Timor as quick as possible. However, there was no quick way to set up a judicial system. Moreover, there was also an internal crisis that broke out in 2006 due to discrimination within the military line. During that time, almost 600 soldiers refuse to return to their barracks because they complained about living conditions and especially discriminatory policy between the loved Eastern forces and the hated Western armies. In addition, during and after all the operations in East Timor, there was a disparity in wealth between international and local staffs. The international staffs had the right to do or not to do something by themselves rather than giving East Timorese staffs the opportunity. This situation eventually became the main reason why the East Timorese did not feel any sense of ownership of the reconstructing processes within their own