Home >> Regional >> Asia >> Timor-Leste >> Society and Culture >> History >> Independence Celebrating the Birth of a Nation UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan congratulates the people of East Timor on their perseverance in rebuilding their country. The United Nations Will Stay Speech by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered in Dili, East Timor, on the occasion of East Timor's accession to independence, 19 May 2002. PBS Online NewsHour: East Timor Independence Coverage of the independence process: articles, interviews and archive. BBC News: East Timor: Birth of a nation East Timor becomes the world's newest nation, as a declaration of independence ends 450 years of foreign rule.
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