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Ceremony marking the resumption of primary responsibilities for police operations in Timor-Leste by the PNTL

Timor-Leste police resume control of country's largest district from UN

5 December 2009
The United Nations handed over formal control today of policing operations in the country's largest district of Viqueque to the police of Timor-Leste, part of an ongoing strategy to lessen the UN's direct control over the country's nascent security operations.
Ameerah Haq

Veteran UN humanitarian official to become head of mission in Timor-Leste

2 December 2009
Ameerah Haq of Bangladesh, a veteran United Nations official with wide experience in crisis areas ranging from Afghanistan to Sudan, is to become the top UN representative in Timor-Leste as the small South-East Asian country seeks to consolidate its halting path to stability after gaining independence from Indonesia seven years ago.
A child in Dili, capital of Timor-Leste.

Additional funding helps UN agency feed Timorese schoolchildren

19 October 2009
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed additional support that will enable thousands of children in Timor-Leste to receive meals while attending school.
Timor-Leste's security forces in combined operations [File Photo]

Timorese security forces go unpunished for many rights violations – UN

15 September 2009
Members of the security forces in Timor-Leste accused of human rights abuses still manage to escape justice despite a general strengthening of the judicial system in the South-East Asian nation, according to a United Nations report released today.
PNTL resumes primary policing responsibilities in Manatuto

Timor-Leste police take control of UN-backed training centre

11 September 2009
Timor-Leste’s police force, known as PNTL, has taken over the United Nations-supported police training centre as part of the gradual handover of responsibility by the world body’s peacekeeping mission to local law enforcement officers.
10 years on…. 98.6 per cent of registered voters turned out to vote for the historic ballot on 30 August 1999

Timor-Leste: UN marks ten years since historic vote for independence

4 September 2009
The United Nations mission in Timor-Leste today marked ten years since the historic UN-organized referendum that led to the independence of the South-east Asian nation.
10 years on…. 98.6 per cent of registered voters turned out to vote for the historic ballot on 30 August 1999

Timorese and the UN celebrate and commemorate, a decade after a momentous vote

30 August 2009
Timor-Leste is in festive mode this week. Hundreds of cyclists have criss-crossed the country's rugged and beautiful scenery in the inaugural Tour de Timor. Peace festivals and concerts have been staged in towns and villages. Feasts have been organized. But behind all the celebrations across the tiny nation are darker memories as well.
Bikers at the opening of the Tour-de-Timor

With pedal power, UN staff take part in race to change perceptions about Timor-Leste

24 August 2009
It may lack the glamour or the pedigree of the Tour de France, but the inaugural Tour de Timor – which starts today in the capital, Dili – can probably claim to be a more gruelling race than its storied peer, with potholes, dirt roads, slippery river crossings and uneven off-road routes to unnerve even the most experienced cyclists.

Timorese police assume control of law and order from UN forces in third district

25 July 2009
Timorese police forces have taken over law enforcement duties from the United Nations in a third district of the fledgling country, the UN peacekeeping mission reported today as it continues to gradually hand over responsibility to local officers.

Joint UN-Timorese police operation smashes human trafficking ring in capital

6 July 2009
United Nations Police (UNPOL) serving in Timor-Leste and the South-East Asian country’s police force (PNTL) say they have cracked a human trafficking ring after arresting 10 people during a joint operation in a bar in the capital, Dili.