Timor-Leste

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, or East Timor as the territory was previously known, became an independent state for the first time in 2002. In the sixteenth century Portugal established outposts on the island, which comprised a number of small chiefdoms and princedoms. During the Habsburg rule over Portugal, the Portuguese lost all these outposts to the Dutch; however, by 1702 the Portuguese had colonized the whole island and ruled it until the Dutch were officially given the western part of the island through the Treaty of Lisbon in 1859. The eastern part of the island remained under Portuguese rule until Indonesia, the successor state to much of the Dutch East Indies, invaded the territory in 1975.

Standard Basic Cooperation Agreement between the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Government of the Democratic Republic of East Timor. Dili, Timor-Leste, 20 May 2002

Standard Basic Assistance Agreement between the United Nations Development Programme and the Government of the Democratic Republic of East Timor. Dili, Timor-Leste, 20 May 2002

Agreement between the Democratic Republic of East Timor and the United Nations concerning the status of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor. Dili, Timor-Leste, 20 May 2002

Development Grant Agreement (Second Transitional Support Program Grant) between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the International Development Association (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985, as amended through 6 October 1999). Dili, Timor-Leste, 5 September 2003

Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste concerning financial cooperation in 2005. Berlin, 10 August 2005