Newly independent East Timor takes on ROK ... and Japan.

• Position: Peacekeepers join soccer competition - Brief Article

The peacekeeping contingents from the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan serving with the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) launched a "Mini World Cup" to coincide with the international football tournament hosted by the two countries.

The month-long competition that began on I June featured matches between forty local clubs in East Timor's enclave of Oecussi, culminating with the winning team facing off in a 30 June final against a joint Japanese-Korean side.

The Korean battalion has also erected a massive screen near their headquarters in Oecussi, which has been showing live World Cup matches from the two countries to large crowds.

Meanwhile in Geneva, Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 7 June met with his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Adolf Ogi...