Timor-Leste

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr
Forest & Kim Starr

Timor-Leste and UN step up efforts to dispose of unexploded ordnance

18 October 2011
Timor-Leste and the United Nations are stepping up their efforts to uncover unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the small South-East Asian country and strengthen its capabilities to dispose of these deadly objects.
Young girls from Loro in Timor-Leste use traditional nets to catch prawns and crabs in a nearby river

UN report urges Timor-Leste to use oil wealth to boost other economic sectors

3 May 2011
A United Nations report released today recommends that Timor-Leste should use its oil wealth to boost sustainable development in the other sectors of the fledgling South-East Asian country’s economy and reduce inequality between urban and rural communities, according to a United Nations report released today.
Timorese police officer

Timorese force assumes full policing duties from UN mission

27 March 2011
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste on Sunday handed over policing duties to the country's national force, which will be fully responsible for maintaining law and order nationwide beginning tomorrow.