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UN Police Adviser Ann-Marie Orler (left) arrives in Timor-Leste

Top UN official gets first-hand look at policing operations in Timor-Leste

14 October 2010
The top United Nations police official is on a five-day visit to Timor-Leste to observe policing operations on the ground in the fledgling nation.
Man surveyed in UNDP pilot scheme in Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste: UNDP helps single mothers send children to school

12 October 2010
A scheme supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) seeks to help needy households – mostly headed by poor single mothers – send their children to school and receive health care.
Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) on parade in celebration of its tenth anniversary

Timor-Leste has made strides in bolstering human rights, UN report finds

5 October 2010
Strengthening the security and justice sectors are among the advances Timor-Leste has made in the past year to enhance human rights, according to a new report by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the fledgling South-East Asian nation.
The PNTL resumed primary policing responsibility in Manufahi District on 24 September 2010

Timorese police resume responsibility from UN for key security bodies

28 September 2010
The Timorese national police force today resumed primary responsibility for the fledgling nation’s Immigration Department, Border Patrol Unit and Interpol Office from the United Nations as the gradual transfer of security functions continues.
Timor-Leste's national police have resumed responsibilities

UN transfers tenth district to Timorese police control

24 September 2010
Timor-Leste’s national police force today resumed primary policing responsibilities in Manufahi, the tenth to be handed over from the United Nations since the gradual transfer of security functions began last May.
Cyclists line up for the start of the second-ever Tour de Timor

Timor-Leste: UN staff race for yellow jersey in gruelling bike race

13 September 2010
Hundreds of people lined the streets of Timor-Leste’s capital, Dili, today to cheer the start of the second-ever Tour de Timor, a five-day mountain bike race in which more than 360 riders – including 10 United Nations staff members – from 20 countries are taking part.
Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) on parade in celebration of its tenth anniversary

Timorese force takes over policing duties from UN in eighth district

11 September 2010
The Timorese national police force on Friday resumed primary policing responsibilities in Ermera, the eighth district to be handed over from the United Nations since the gradual transfer of security functions began in May 2009.
Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) on parade in celebration of its tenth anniversary

Timorese police resume primary duties in another district, UN says

7 September 2010
The national police of Timor-Leste have resumed primary responsibility for the conduct of operations in another district of the South-East Asian nation, where it will be led by the country’s first female district commander.
Relief supplies being unloaded from a UN helicopter

Timor Leste: UN peacekeepers help with delivery of aid supplies to flood victims

13 August 2010
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste is distributing relief supplies to communities in the southwest of the small South-East Asian country that have been hit by recent floods.
SRSG Ameerah Haq visits Salele, Timor-Leste

Top UN envoy calls for dialogue to curb violence against Timorese women

10 June 2010
The top United Nations envoy to Timor-Leste has underscored the need for dialogue to bring an end to gender-based violence in the fledgling South-East Asian nation.