Timor

After repatriating 225,000 to Timor-Leste, UN agency ends work in West Timor

16 December 2005
After helping the voluntary repatriation of 225,000 people who fled to West Timor to escape the violence after the 1999 referendum on independence for East Timor, the United Nations refugee agency is scheduled to finish six-years of humanitarian operations in the Indonesian half of the island on December 31.

Timor-Leste, helped to independence by UN, sends police to help UN in Kosovo

9 December 2005
Underscoring the remarkable progress it has made since the United Nations helped it to independence in 2002, Timor-Leste, the world’s youngest country, is sending 10 police officers to serve in the UN Police unit in Kosovo, which the world body has administered since 1999.
Sukehiro Hasegawa briefs the Council

In Timor-Leste, UN reports situation calm despite some clashes involving opposition

29 August 2005
Despite isolated clashes involving martial arts and political opposition groups, the overall situation in Timor-Leste has remained “calm and stable” since May, when the Catholic Church and the Timorese Government peacefully resolved their dispute over religious teaching in schools, the senior United Nations envoy for the world’s newest country reported to the Security Council today.

Timor-Leste: UN political mission puts emphasis on assistance coordination

24 August 2005
The residual United Nations mission in Timor-Leste is placing special emphasis on setting up a framework for sustainable international development assistance by the end of its mandate next May, according to Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s latest report.

Timor-Leste: UN mandated Commission calls on Indonesia to review prosecutions

27 July 2005
The Commission of Experts that reviewed the prosecution of serious crimes in Timor-Leste in 1999 has recommended that Indonesia strengthen its legal capacity, that its Attorney General’s Office review its prosecutions and that some cases be reopened as may be appropriate.
Sukehiro Hasegawa

Experienced Japanese diplomat to head UN political office in Timor-Leste

3 June 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named a veteran Japanese diplomat to head up the newly established UN political office in Timor-Leste.
ASG Hedi Annabi briefs the Council

Timor-Leste increasingly stable as UN mission prepares to depart – peacekeeping chief

16 May 2005
The outgoing United Nations mission in Timor-Leste (UNMISET) and its predecessors have made a key contribution to progress in the young country and a follow-on office will enable it to lay the foundation for democratic governance, a senior UN official told the Security Council in New York today.

New UN political mission for Timor-Leste approved

28 April 2005
With the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Timor-Leste set to wrap up its work in mid-May, the Security Council today mandated a special political mission to help ensure the nascent country continued its journey toward self-sufficiency and self-reliance.

Annan calls on donors to help Timorese build a better future

25 April 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the international community to "again do its part," calling on donors meeting in Timor-Leste to help the tiny Asian nation continue its post-independence march towards sustainable development.

World’s youngest country becomes newest applicant to join UN tourism agency

21 April 2005
Timor-Leste, the world’s youngest country, has become the newest applicant for membership of the United Nations tourism agency, a global forum that plays a decisive role in promoting the development of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.