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A young girl carries her brother in Maubara, Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste carries out UN-backed national birth registration campaign

23 February 2011
Timor-Leste is carrying out a United Nations-backed campaign this week targeting over 200,000 children under the age of five who have not been registered at birth – an important step to ensuring that a child has proof of identity and can enrol in school at the right age.
Special Representative Ameerah Haq

Timor-Leste continues to consolidate peace and development, says UN envoy

22 February 2011
With Timor-Leste continuing to consolidate peace and stability and promote development, the United Nations is already planning for the end of a mission in the once troubled country that could serve as an example for other operations, a senior UN official said today.
UNPOL and PNTL on patrol in Comoro market in Dili, Timor-Leste

Ban cites continuing need for UN police support for Timor-Leste

2 February 2011
While the Timorese national police are resuming primary policing responsibilities in more districts of the country, there is a continued need for a United Nations police presence to support the fledgling institution, says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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.