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Timor-Leste: UN envoy arrives to assess need for beefed-up UN mission after violence

26 June 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Envoy for Timor-Leste arrived on the ground today to assess the need for a possible increased United Nations presence after violence tore through the small South-East Asian nation that the UN shepherded to independence from Indonesia just four years ago.
Sukehiro Hasegawa

Timor-Leste: UN envoy broadcasts unity appeal to nation in wake of violence

23 June 2006
The top United Nations envoy in Timor-Leste sought to avert further unrest there today, broadcasting an appeal to the people to unite after violence attributed to differences between eastern and western areas tore through the small South-East Asian nation that the UN shepherded to independence from Indonesia four years ago.
Some of the thousands displaced in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste UN expands food aid to tens of thousand displaced by recent violence

22 June 2006
Tens of thousands of people displaced by the recent unrest in Timor-Leste are in urgent need of food aid from international donors, according to a United Nations assessment released today.

Security Council extends UN Office in Timor-Leste, will consider expanded role

20 June 2006
Expressing “deep concern over the volatile security situation in Timor-Leste and its serious humanitarian repercussions,” the United Nations Security Council today extended for two months the world body’s small office there and asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan to report before that mandate expires on an expanded future role.
Woman in her shelter at Metinaro camp

Timor-Leste: UN expands emergency relief for tens of thousands who fled violence

16 June 2006
The United Nations refugee agency has stepped up emergency relief operation in Timor-Leste, reaching out to tens of thousands of people who fled violence in Dili, the capital, for surrounding areas in the small South-East Asian nation that the UN shepherded to independence from Indonesia four years ago.
Sukehiro Hasegawa

Senior UN envoy helps probe into Timor-Leste violence

14 June 2006
Continuing his efforts to help restore calm to Timor-Leste, the top United Nations envoy there today conferred with UN-recruited prosecutors on the criminal investigation into the fatal shootings in April and May, which shook the small South-East Asian nation that the world body shepherded to independence from Indonesia four years ago.

Timor-Leste: Annan appeals to Security Council for renewed UN action

13 June 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed for sustained international engagement in Timor-Leste as his special envoy formally introduced to the Security Council his recommendations for new UN action in the fledgling nation, including reformation of the police force and an investigation into deadly incidents that sparked the recent violence.

UN calls for nearly $19 million in aid for 130,000 displaced in Timor-Leste

12 June 2006
The United Nations today launched an appeal for some $18.9 million in humanitarian assistance to Timor-Leste, the tiny nation shepherded to independence by the world organization where an estimated 133,000 people have been displaced by recent violence centred in the capital, Dili.
Sukehiro Hasegawa

UN envoy returns from Timor-Leste to brief Annan as aid appeal launched

9 June 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan was briefed by his Special Envoy for Timor-Leste today as a stronger United Nations presence there looked increasingly likely following the recent outbreak of violence in the small nation that the world body shepherded to independence from Indonesia four years ago.

Annan’s Special Representative meets Timor-Leste President as UN expands aid effort

8 June 2006
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Timor-Leste met the country’s President today for talks focusing on political and humanitarian efforts aimed at helping the country out of its current crisis, as United Nations agencies stepped up efforts to provide relief assistance to the more than 100,000 people internally displaced by the recent violence.