Timor

Timor-Leste can count on UN’s help to address its challenges – Secretary-General

14 December 2007
The United Nations will continue to help Timor-Leste in addressing the many challenges it faces, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged today during a visit to the tiny nation that the world body helped shepherd to independence in 2002.

Timor-Leste: UN official stresses need for credible State institutions

13 December 2007
Building strong State institutions, particularly a credible security sector, will be vital if Timor-Leste is to resolve many of the issues that continue to plague the young nation, a visiting senior United Nations official said today.

Timor-Leste will need UN assistance for some time, says Security Council team

12 December 2007
Despite the tremendous gains achieved by Timor-Leste since achieving independence in 2002, it will continue to need United Nations assistance for some time to address its political, security and economic challenges, according to a Security Council team that visited the country recently.
Amb. Dumisani S. Kumalo

Timor-Leste faces serious challenges despite recent gains, Security Council told

6 December 2007
While Timor-Leste has recovered well from the violent crisis that engulfed it last year, it continues to grapple with a host of challenges including the fate of about 100,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and widespread poverty, the head of a recent United Nations Security Council mission to the tiny nation said today.
Council members in a meeting in Dili

Ending visit to Timor-Leste, Security Council team pledges ongoing UN support

30 November 2007
Wrapping up a four-day mission to assess the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste, the Security Council today said the international community will provide ongoing support for the world body’s efforts in the tiny nation which only gained independence in 2002.

Security Council team holds talks in eastern district of Timor-Leste

29 November 2007
The Security Council delegation visiting Timor-Leste to assess the work of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the tiny nation (UNMIT) today travelled to the eastern district of Baucau for talks with local authorities, political party representatives, UN officials and police officers.

In Timor-Leste, Security Council team joins independence commemoration

28 November 2007
Members of a visiting Security Council delegation today joined senior Government officials in commemorating the anniversary of the Proclamation of the National Independence of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, which the United Nations helped shepherd to self-rule in 2002.

Security Council delegation arrives in Timor-Leste

27 November 2007
A delegation of the Security Council has arrived in Timor-Leste to examine the work of the United Nations Mission in the country (UNMIT), which gained independence in 2002.

Timor-Leste: successful weapons recovery operation concludes in Dili district

26 November 2007
The United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today announced that its police officers, working alongside their Timorese counterparts with support from the International Security Forces (ISF) have completed a successful weapons recovery operation in a troubled district in the capital city.

Timor-Leste: UN human rights report lauds progress but warns gains still fragile

8 November 2007
The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today released a report showing progress in promoting human rights in the nascent country while calling for further measures to help displaced persons and prevent impunity.