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South of the Border |
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This section relates to my work in Mexico April - September 2003
and again from April 2006 - June 2006 |
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Want to contact me? |
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Mailing address: As of early October 2007, I have accepted an appointment as Chief Electoral Affairs Officer in the United Nations Mission in Sudan and will be deploying to Khartoum soon.
Letters can be sent as follows:
TBD
Phone: (cell) |
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Name: |
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J. Ray Kennedy |
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[email protected] |
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This link will only work from here if your computer is set to direct e-mail to your ISP automatically. If you're not sure, you can use the Guestbook feature below. |
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Mission to Afghanistan |
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This section relates to my work in Afghanistan October 2003-May 2005 |
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This is the house I shared with several colleagues. It was all the way across town from the office, but we made it a comfortable place to enjoy when we weren�t at the office.
Security conditions in Afghanistan were worse than they were in East Timor -- a 10pm curfew, and restaurants were off limits for much of the time. Not that we didn't have good meals at home, but there were some really good restaurants in Kabul. |
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I arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan on 19 October 2003 as one of the five international members of the Joint Electoral Management Body, which was established by presidential decree to oversee the voter registration process in advance of elections that are to take place in 2004.
The picture above is the main building of the Electoral Component within the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The facilities are quite a bit better than our electoral offices in East Timor! |
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Kabul News #1: 31 October 2003 |
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Kabul News #2: 20 December 2003 |
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Afghanistan Links |
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United Nations Assistance Mission |
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BBC Country Profile |
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National Geographic's recent story |
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Afgha.com Press Agency |
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PBS NewsHour Story |
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Afghan Daily |
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Kabul Guide |
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Afghanistan Research & Evaluation Unit |
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Afghanistan News.net |
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Yahoo Weather for Kabul |
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East Timor Scrapbook |
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This section relates to my mission in East Timor, from October 2000 through June 2002. |
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I've set up this site to give you an idea of what things are like here in East Timor.
If you'd like to read more, I've placed my periodic letters home here:
October 12, 2000K
November 3, 2000
December 23, 2000
February 20, 2001
April 22, 2001
July 1, 2001
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If you'd like to see what East Timor looks like, take a look at some of the pictures I've taken. I don't have a high-res camera, but you get the idea.... |
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This is where I lived for most of 2001 in Dili, East Timor: the "Garden House" apartment complex. It's about 2km from the office, and just a couple of blocks from the waterfront. |
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This was UNTAET's headquarters building; it was the Office of the Governor under the Indonesians. |
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East Timor Links |
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**Independent Electoral Commission 2002** |
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East Timor�s Broken Promises -- Time March 2007 |
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East Timor coverage from Radio Australia, including an illustrated chronology |
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**BBC Election Coverage** |
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"Something from Nothing" from Asiaweek |
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www.easttimor.com / Timor Today |
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"Fearing the Wrath of Someone Else's God" from The Age |
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Yahoo's News Links on East Timor |
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Interesting quotes from Timor Loro Sae: 500 Years by Geoffrey Gunn |
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UNTAET Media Briefing Notes, 14 April 2002 |
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Languages of East Timor |
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UNTAET |
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East Timor Government |
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Dili Weather |
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