In 1999, following the United Nations-sponsored act of self-determination, Indonesia relinquished control of the territory and East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the twenty-first century on May 20, 2002.
En 1999, despois dun acto de autodeterminación, patrocinado pola ONU, o goberno indonesio abandonou o control do territorio e Timor Leste converteuse no primeiro novo Estado soberano do século XXI, o 20 de maio de 2002.