وأضاف أنه في عام 2002، شعرت المنظمة بالارتياح عندما رأت تيمور - ليشتي، وهو إقليم لم يكن يتمتع بالحكم الذاتي، وقد أصبح عضوا في الأمم المتحدة كدولة ذات سيادة.
In 2002, the Organization had had the satisfaction of seeing Timor-Leste, a former Non-Self Governing Territory, become a member of the United Nations as a sovereign nation; for many years before that, the Special Committee had given the East Timorese an international forum in which to express their aspirations.