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Representatives of the Japanese Team of International Peace Cooperation in East Timor Reports to Prime Minister After Returning to Japan From East Timor
The Japanese Government has been dispatching the Japanese Team of International Peace Cooperation in East Timor for the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), based on its policy to cooperate as much as possible toward nation-building in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste which declared its independence in May 2002. The fourth facility team, composed of 405 personnel and the seven personnel dispatched to UNMISET Headquarters, has returned to Japan after completing its mission at the end of June. Over the course of two years and four months, the Japanese Team of International Peace Cooperation in East Timor, dispatched in four rotations, conducted activities for 120 projects for maintenance and repair of roads, bridges and other infrastructures as well as leveled land for sports fields for elementary schools and constructed waste disposal facilities. They have also provided instruction to local government employees on the use of equipment for construction and donated the machines used for road construction during the reconstruction activities to the East Timor Government. During this time, approximately 2,300 Self-Defense Forces (SDF) personnel in total, including 25 female SDF personnel, participated in the activities for international peace cooperation. After receiving a report from the representatives of the returning personnel, Prime Minister Koizumi said, "We have received high appraisals on your efforts to attain mutual understanding and on your devoted work. I am impressed with each one of your efforts to work in a foreign environment to the point of perspiration, having found a purpose in life with a sense of satisfaction." He then shook hands with each and every member of the team and offered his words of appreciation to them.
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