More work must be done to ensure adequate services for those who do return to their former homes. The East Timorese leadership is trying to bring about reconciliation of the various East Timorese factions, including those who wanted to remain part of Indonesia, because they all have a contribution to make to the country's future. Good progress is also being achieved in normalizing relations with Indonesia. It is aimed at providing jobs, homes, schools and infrastructure. Only a quarter of East Timor and half of its people now have access to intermittent electricity.
Telephone service remains rudimentary at best.
Few East Timorese have access to potable water. Although there are still worries about health and nutrition, UN agencies and private humanitarian groups have made a huge effort to feed and care for those deprived of their homes and livelihoods by the wave of terror. The UN is receiving support from other international agencies and donor countries in setting up the judicial branch. Soon a public service commission made up mostly of East Timorese will start the process of screening the staff of the civil service administration. The search for East Timorese to staff all these offices is under way, and training is being provided.