The UN administration in East Timor has prepared a package of wide-ranging logistical and material aid for 16 parties and independent candidates contesting the territory's first elections, but it does not plan to provide direct financial help.

Details of the UN plan, obtained by Lusa in Dili Friday, provide, among other things, for automobile and airborne support, telecommunications, access to computers and other office equipment, and the aid of graphic artists to help design campaign materials.

But, contrary to calls by some of the 16 recently registered parties, the plan makes no mention of direct financial aid to political organizations.

Campaigning for the August 30 constituent assembly elections, in which 88 seats are at stake, will begin July 15 and run through August 28.