TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 02-808 

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EMPLOYMENT 

 Agreement between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and EAST TIMOR 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at 

Dili July 31 and August 8, 2002 

 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

 evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
EAST TIMOR 

Employment 

Agreement effected by exchange of notes at 

 Dili July 31and August 8, 2002; 

 Entered into force August 8, 2002. 


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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF EAST TIMOR

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION

MNEC/289/02

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Democratic Republic

of East Timor presents its compliments to the Embassy of United States of America in

East Timor and acknowledges receipt of the Embassy's note No. 14/2002, dated 31

July 2002, which reads as follow:

"The Embassy of the United States in East Timor presents its compliments to

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of East

Timor and has the honor to propose that our governments conclude a bilateral work

agreement for dependents of officials serving in our respective countries.

The Embassy of the United States of America proposes to the government of

the Democratic Republic of East Timor that, on a reciprocal basis, dependents of

employees of the United States government assigned to official duty at a United

States mission in the Democratic Republic of East Timor and dependents of

employees of the government of East Timor assigned to official duty at an East Timor

mission in the United States be authorized to be employed in the receiving country.

For the purpose of this agreement,

"dependents" shall mean:

spouses;

unmarried dependent children under 21 years of age;

unmarried dependent children under 23 years of age who are in fulltime attendance as students at a post secondary educational institution;

and

unmarried children who are physically or mentally disabled.

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For the purposes of this agreement, it is understood that employees assigned to

official duty means diplomatic agents, consular officers, and members of the support

staffs assigned to diplomatic missions, consular offices and missions to international

organizations.

In the case of dependents who seek employment in the United States, an

official request must be made by the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of East

Timor in Washington, D.C. to the Office of Protocol in the Department of State.

Upon verification that the person is a dependent of an official employee of the

government of East Timor, and processing of the official request, the East Timor

Embassy will be informed by the government of the United States that the dependent

may accept employment.

In the case of dependents of employees who seek employment in East Timor,

an official request must be made by the United States Embassy in East Timor to the

East Timor Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, which, after verification,

shall then inform the United States Embassy that the dependent may accept

employment.

The United States government and the government of East Timor confirm that

dependents who obtain employment under this agreement and who have immunity

from the jurisdiction of the receiving country in accordance with Article 31 of the

Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations or any other applicable international

agreement between the United States and East Timor, enjoy no immunity from civil

and administrative jurisdiction with respect to matters arising out of such

employment. Such dependents are also liable for payment of income and social

security taxes on any remuneration received as a result of employment in the

receiving state. Dependents continue to enjoy all other privileges and immunities to

which they are entitled.

The government of the United States further proposes that, if these provision

are acceptable to the government of East Timor, this note and the government of East

Timor's reply concurring therein shall constitute an agreement between our two

governments which shall enter into force on the date of that reply note.
This agreement shall remain in force until ninety days after the date of the

written notification from either government to the other of intention to terminate."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of East

Timor has the honor to confirm that the proposals set forth in the Embassy's note are

acceptable to the government of the Democratic Republic of East Timor and that the

Embassy's note and this note in reply shall constitute an agreement between the two

governments which shall enter into force on this date.

Dili, 08 August 2002

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JOSE RAMOS-HORTA

Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

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