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==Second Consultative Council== |
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In July 2000 the National Consultative Council became a legislature style body with the right to hold debates and to propose laws to UNTAET.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/past/etimor/untaetR/Reg2400E.pdf |title=UNTAET Regulation No. 2000/24 On the establishment of a National Council | author=UNTAET |date=14 July 2000 |website=peacekeeping.un.org |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=1 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701092653/https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/past/etimor/untaetR/Reg2400E.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The council had 33 members |
The council had 33 members members were now Timorese <ref>https://peacekeeping.un.org/mission/past/etimor/news/N130700.htm</ref> Seat distribution was as follows; |
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[[Mário Viegas Carrascalão]] was the chair of the council. |
[[Mário Viegas Carrascalão]] was the chair of the council. |
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Revision as of 16:14, 25 November 2025
The National Consultative Council was an advisory body that existed in East Timor between July 1999 and August 2001 during the period that the United Nations was directly responsible for the governance of East Timor The council was replaced by a Constituent Assembly following elections held in August 2001.
First Consultative Council
The First Consultative Council 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 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.
Second Consultative Council
In July 2000 the National Consultative Council became a legislature style body with the right to hold debates and to propose laws to UNTAET.[2]
The expanded council had 33 members and all members were now Timorese. [3] 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 the chair of the council.
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