National Council (East Timor)
National Council | |
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| History | |
| Preceded by | East Timor Regional House of Representatives |
| Succeeded by | National Parliament of Timor-Leste |
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Speaker | |
| Seats | 15 (1999-2000) 33 (2000-2001) |
| Elections | |
| Appointed | |
| Meeting place | |
| Dili, East Timor | |
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The National Council (Portuguese: Conselho Nacional, Tetum: Komite Nasional) was a deliberative body that existed in East Timor between July 1999 and August 2001 during the period that the country was administered by the United Nations following the end of the Indonesian occupation. The council was replaced by a Constituent Assembly after elections held in August 2001.
National Consultative Council
A National Consultative Council (Portuguese: Conselho Consultivo Nacional, Tetum: Komite Conselleiru Nasional) was established in December 1999 by UNTAET REG 1999/2,[1] and served as a forum for East Timorese political and community leaders to advise the Transitional Administrator and discuss policy issues.
The National Consultative Council had fifteen members of which eleven were Timorese members and four international members. Of the eleven Timorese members, seven represented the National Council of Timorese Resistance, three represented political groups outside the CNRT, and one represented the Roman Catholic Church in East Timor.[2][3]
Members
The members of the National Consultative Council were as follows:[4]
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello (UNTAET)
- Xanana Gusmão (CNRT)
- Alexandre Magno Ximenes (UDC/CNRT)
- Maria Angela Freitas (Partido Trabalhista/CNRT)
- Cipriana da Costa Pereira (FRETILIN/CNRT)
- Salvador Ximenes Soares (BRTT)
- José Estevão Soares (Pro-Integration)
- Padre José António da Costa (Roman Catholic Church)
- Avelino Coelho da Silva (PST/CNRT)
- Laurentino Domingos Luis de Gusmão (APODETI)
- Maria Lacruna (UDT/CNRT)[5]
- Clementino dos Reis Amaral (KOTA/CNRT)
- Aliança Araújo (PNT)
- Ágio Pereira (PSD/CNRT)
- Maria Genoveva da Costa Martins[6]
National Council
In July 2000 the council dropped the word "consultative" from its name and became a legislature style body with the right to hold debates and to propose laws to UNTAET.[7]
The National Council had 33 members all of whom were now Timorese. [8] Seat distribution was as follows; seven represented the National Council of Timorese Resistance, three represented political groups outside the CNRT, and one representative each represented the Roman Catholic Church, Protestant denominations, the Muslim community, women's groups, student/youth groups, NGOs, professional organisations, business community, farming community, labour organisations, and one representative was appointed from each of East Timor's thirteen districts. Mário Viegas Carrascalão was elected speaker of the council.[9]
See also
- United Nations Administered East Timor
- United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
- New Guinea Council, similar body that existed in United Nations Administered West New Guinea between 1962 and 1963
- Kosovo Transitional Council, similar body that existed in United Nations Administered Kosovo between 1999 and 2001
References
- ^ UNTAET (2 December 1999). "UNTAET Regulation No. 1999/2 On the establishment of a National Consultative Council". peacekeeping.un.org. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ UNTAET (2 December 1999). "UNTAET Regulation No. 1999/2 On the establishment of a National Consultative Council". peacekeeping.un.org. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Document Viewer".
- ^ Nassrine De Rham-Azimi, Li Lin Chang: The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (Untaet): Debriefing and Lessons. Report of the 2002 Tokyo Conference, Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore), S. 289.
- ^ ETAN: Lusa: Vieira de Mello Announces Members of National Council, 20. Oktober 2000, abgerufen am 26. Januar 2020.
- ^ Nat J. Colletta, Teck Ghee Lim, Anita Kelles-Viitanen: Social Cohesion and Conflict Prevention in Asia: Managing Diversity Through Development. 2001. [1] at Google Books.
- ^ UNTAET (14 July 2000). "UNTAET Regulation No. 2000/24 On the establishment of a National Council" (PDF). peacekeeping.un.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ https://peacekeeping.un.org/mission/past/etimor/news/N130700.htm
- ^ UNTAET (14 July 2000). "UNTAET Regulation No. 2000/24 On the establishment of a National Council" (PDF). peacekeeping.un.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2022.