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.
Celebrating the Birth of a Nation: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan congratulates the people of East Timor on their perseverance in rebuilding their country.
PBS Online NewsHour: East Timor Independence: Coverage of the independence process: articles, interviews and archive.
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.