Timor

Indonesia, Timor-Leste reach accord on 'truth and friendship commission' - UN

21 December 2004
Indonesia and Timor-Leste today informed United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan that their Governments have reached agreement on a joint commission to look into the violence surrounding the 1999 popular consultation that set Timor-Leste on a path to independence from its neighbour.
Security Council

Security Council extends Timor-Leste mission for final six months

16 November 2004
The United Nations Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the UN mission in Timor-Leste (UNMISET) for another six months before its planned withdrawal from that country next year.
Sukehiro Hasegawa briefs the Council

UN preparing to withdraw peace operation from Timor-Leste in 2005, envoy says

15 November 2004
The United Nations Mission of Support in East-Timor (UNMISET) is preparing to conclude its work next May by turning over responsibility for key tasks to the East Timorese people, the senior UN envoy to the country told the Security Council today.

Timor-Leste not yet fully self-sufficient, Annan says in seeking extension for UN mission

10 November 2004
Timor-Leste has not yet achieved a critical threshold of self-sufficiency as public administration there remains weak and fragile, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report seeking a final six-month extension for the United Nations mission in the tiny nation.

Timor-Leste will require financial support over long-term - UN official

24 August 2004
Timor-Leste has been stable and largely peaceful since the Government took over responsibility for security from the United Nations mission there, but the youngest UN Member State will need international support in the period ahead, a senior UN official told the Security Council today.

Timor-Leste making progress towards self-sufficiency and drawing borders - UN

23 August 2004
Timor-Leste has made significant progress towards self-sufficiency in terms of administration and security, and has advanced in border delimitation talks, but the world's newest country has not been able to bring several people accused of serious anti-independence crimes to justice, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report.
Sukehiro Hasegawa

Sukehiro Hasegawa of Japan named chief of UN mission in Timor-Leste

25 May 2004
Sukehiro Hasegawa, the current deputy of the United Nations mission in Timor-Leste, has been named the new chief of the UN operation following an exchange of letters between Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Security Council.

UNICEF lauds progress in health and education in Timor-Leste

21 May 2004
As Timor-Leste, the world’s newest nation and youngest democracy, marks its second anniversary, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) praised the dramatic improvements in health and education services for children in the southeast Asian country but warned that considerable challenges still remain.

UN hands over all policing and defence authority to Timor-Leste Government

19 May 2004
In another landmark of progress for Timor-Leste, the United Nations mission in the southeast Asian country today handed over all official responsibility for policing and external security to the government of the world body’s youngest member.

Timor-Leste: UN mission reduced, with eye towards phase-out by May 2005

14 May 2004
The Security Council decided unanimously today to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) for another six months, reduce its size, put more emphasis on training and advisory services and phase it out by May of next year.