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East Timor joins U.N.

New York: East Timor has been admitted to the United Nations as its 191st member nation. The U.N. membership was given about three years after the Timorese had voted to begin the independence process from Indonesia. As the U.N. Chief, Kofi Annan, hailed the move, the General Assembly approved Dili's membership on Friday. Kamalesh Sharma, the Secretary-General's special envoy to the newly-independent nation, also welcomed the membership. Mr. Annan said, ``This milestone embodies the realisation of its people's hope to take their place among the community of independent nations.'' He was speaking at a ceremony to raise the Timorese flag outside the U.N. headquarters here. In his address to the Assembly, the East Timor President, Xanana Gusmao, expressed gratitude for the commitment of the international community to his country.

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