The United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) was established by Security Council resolution 1410 (2002) of 17 May for an initial period of 12 months, starting on 20 May 2002, with the following mandate:
To provide assistance to core administrative structures critical to the viability and political stability of East Timor;
To provide interim law enforcement and public security and to assist in the development of a new law enforcement agency in East Timor, the East Timor Police Service (ETPS); and
To contribute to the maintenance of the external and internal security of East Timor.
The Council also requested UNMISET to give full effect to the following three Programmes of the Mandate Implementation Plan as set out in section III A 3 of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2002/432) of 17 April 2002:
Stability, Democracy and Justice;
Public Security and Law Enforcement; and
External Security and Border Control.