Overview
About the event
We are celebrating Popular Consultation Day on August 30. It is annually observed on the same date by the people of East Timor. The day commemorates the referendum that took place in 1999 that was conducted in the presence of the U.N. to let the people of East Timor choose between greater autonomy in Indonesia or separation from Indonesia to form a separate nation. The People chose separation by an overwhelming margin, and violence and conflicts erupted shortly after. But a new nation was born as per the aspirations of its citizens. Let us join their celebration.
