Increase in UN presence in Timor-Leste seen as likely

7 June 2006

A senior United Nations envoy ended a nine-day visit to Timor-Leste today after the recent outbreak of violence there, heralding a possibly beefed up presence by the world body in the small nation that it shepherded to independence four years ago.

Annan’s Special Representative talks peace with another armed group in Timor-Leste

6 June 2006

For the second time in two days, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Timor-Leste, Sukehiro Hasegawa, flew to the west of the tiny Southeast Asian nation to try and end the unrest in the country, this time to meet the leader of another armed group that has demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister.

Annan’s Special Representative meets group in Timor-Leste in effort to end dispute

5 June 2006

As part of ongoing efforts to end the unrest in Timor-Leste, the Secretary-General's Special Representative today flew to the mountain headquarters of an armed group that has demanded the removal of the Prime Minister, while on the humanitarian front United Nations agencies report that food aid is now being supplied to refugee camps further from the capital.

Timor-Leste: UN plans emergency airlift to aid up to 100,000 people displaced by unrest

2 June 2006

The United Nations was poised to begin an emergency airlift to Timor-Leste today with urgently needed supplies for tens of thousands of displaced people as radio and TV stations continued to broadcast a videotaped appeal from Secretary-General Kofi Annan for calm in the violence-torn country which the UN shepherded to independence from Indonesia four years ago.

Security Council may hold public meeting on Timor-Leste next week – President

2 June 2006

The United Nations Security Council is likely to hold a public meeting next week to discuss the current situation in strife-torn Timor-Leste, the 15-member body’s President, Ambassador Ellen Margrethe Løj of Denmark, said today.

Timor-Leste: UN seeks to end unrest, aid victims as Annan broadcasts call for calm

1 June 2006

A senior United Nations envoy today met with leading Timor-Leste officials in a bid to restore calm as radio stations broadcast a taped appeal from Secretary-General Kofi Annan for unity after weeks of unrest and violence in the small South-East Asian country which the world body shepherded to independence from Indonesia four years ago.

Timor-Leste: UN steps up aid to scores of thousands of people displaced by violence

31 May 2006

With violence decreasing markedly in Timor-Leste over the past 24 hours although youth gangs are still on the streets, United Nations agencies today stepped up aid for 100,000 people uprooted by weeks of turmoil aggravated by the dismissal of a third of the armed forces in the country which the UN shepherded to independence from Indonesia in 2002.

Senior UN official ‘hits ground running’ in seeking to resolve Timor-Leste violence

30 May 2006

With a senior United Nations official on the ground in Timor-Leste today seeking to defuse the violence that has torn through the small country in recent weeks, UN agencies have resumed food distributions to camps holding 100,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) but conditions in them are worsening due to overcrowding and rain.

Timor-Leste: UN relocates families of staff as security concerns heighten

27 May 2006

The United Nations today announced that all UN families and non-essential staff members will begin to be relocated from Timor-Leste to a temporary safe haven in Darwin, Australia, because of heightened security concerns.

Annan sends seasoned envoy to Timor-Leste following mob violence

25 May 2006

Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a senior envoy who is an expert on Timor-Leste to assess the situation as army soldiers opened fire on unarmed police today in fresh violence, killing nine and injuring 27 others in the country which the United Nations shepherded to independence from Indonesia in 2002.<

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