BONN: Out of the total of 500 UNVs from 73 countries who assisted in organizing the 30 August referendum on independence (UNVNews Issue 85), 100 UN Volunteers were selected to help prepare for the installation of UNTAET (United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor). Read

BONN: The Executive Coordinator of the Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV), Sharon Capeling-Alakija, visits East Timor from 22-26 October during which time she will meet senior UN officials and discuss security conditions for the more than 400 UN Volunteers working in the territory. Read

Bonn, Germany: Some 500 district electoral officers and medical personnel fielded by the Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers programme ahead of East Timor’s “popular consultation” ballot on 30 August are currently safe in Darwin, Australia, or have been repatriated.  Read

Dili, East Timor: More than 150 of some 500 polling officers and medical personnel fielded by the Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers programme ahead of East Timor’s “popular consultation” ballot on 30 August have been repatriated.  Read

Bonn, Germany: The first of some 400 polling officers recruited by the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) were fielded this week to help prepare East Timor's "popular consultation", a ballot scheduled for August which is to decide on the territory's special autonomy or separation from Indonesia. Read