Misplaced Pages

Timor-Leste–United States relations: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 11:18, 11 May 2020 edit金色黎明 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, IP block exemptions2,059 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit Revision as of 23:11, 24 July 2021 edit undoPrimeBOT (talk | contribs)Bots2,066,063 editsm →top: Task 30, removal of a template duplicated in an infobox, per this discussionTag: AWBNext edit →
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|1=Diplomatic relations between East Timor and the United States of America}}
{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=January 2018|Beziehungen zwischen Osttimor und den Vereinigten Staaten}} {{Expand German|topic=geo|date=January 2018|Beziehungen zwischen Osttimor und den Vereinigten Staaten}}


Revision as of 23:11, 24 July 2021

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (January 2018) Click for important translation instructions.
  • View a machine-translated version of the German article.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Beziehungen zwischen Osttimor und den Vereinigten Staaten}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
Bilateral relations
East Timor – United States relations
Map indicating locations of East Timor and USA

East Timor
United States

East Timor-United States relations are bilateral relations between East Timor and the United States. Karen Clark Stanton is the current U.S. ambassador to East Timor.

History

See also: Indonesian invasion of East Timor § US involvement
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Timor-Leste Judith Fergin, is greeted by traditional dancers at the Cooperativa Cafe Timor in Dili, Timor-Leste, September 6, 2012

Timor-Leste maintains an embassy in Washington, D.C., as well as a Permanent Mission in New York City at the United Nations. The United States has a large bilateral development assistance program, $20.6 million in 2007, and also contributes funds as a major member of a number of multilateral agencies such as the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank. The U.S. Peace Corps has operated in Timor-Leste since 2002, but it suspended operations in May 2006 due to unrest and instability.

The U.S. embassy in Timor-Leste is located at Praia de Coquieros, Dili. Karen Clark Stanton is the United States Ambassador to East Timor. Mark Anthony White is the USAID Mission Director. Roberto Quiroz is the Political/Economic/Commercial Affairs Officer. Major Ron Sargent is the U.S. Department of Defense Representative.

Aid

Main article: Foreign Aid to Timor Leste

Political Process Development

USAID began supporting the development of effective democratic electoral and political processes in Timor-Leste in 1999. Between 2001 and 2008, USAID gave $2,215,997 to the International Foundation for Electoral Systems to develop an electoral framework and processes, $3,619,134 to the International Republican Institute to develop political parties, and $3,728,490 to the National Democratic Institute to increase citizen participation and local governance.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Executive Summary" and "Background" in Elections and Political Processes, pp. 1-6.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.


Major Sources

External links

East Timor Foreign relations of Timor-Leste
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Missions
United States Foreign relations of the United States
Bilateral relations
Africa
Central
East
North
Southern
West
Americas
Caribbean
Central
Northern
South
Asia
Central
East
South
Southeast
Western
Europe
Eastern
Northern
Southern
Western
Oceania
Australasia
Melanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia
Former states
Multilateral relations
Doctrines, policies, concepts
Presidential
doctrines
Other doctrines
Policies and
concepts
Categories: