Australian among monitors for E Timor elections

AFP - Saturday, October 14, 2006. 11:07pm (AEST)

An Australian is one of three monitors appointed by United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan for next year's elections in East Timor.

Michael Maley has been named as a member of the monitoring team, along with Lucinda Almeida of Portugal and Reginald Austin of Zimbabwe.

Mr Annan said in a statement he saw the elections as an important step towards peace and stability in the troubled East Timor.

"They will work independently of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste [East Timor] (UNMIT), and will submit their findings and recommendations to the secretary-general and the Timor-Leste authorities," he said.

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