Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to appoint a Singaporean general as the next commander of the United Nations peacekeeping forces serving with the UN Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET).
The head of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), Kamalesh Sharma, met with government and human rights officials today in his first-ever visit to Indonesia.
United Nations peacekeepers today handed over responsibility for the security of East Timor’s easternmost district to the country’s defence force, the first such transfer since the UN arrived in 1999.
East Timorese officials today told a United Nations meeting on children that the new nation was on the verge of adopting an international treaty that protects the rights of youngsters.
An official of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will join with representatives of the East Timorese government tomorrow to raise public awareness on the protection of children's rights.
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in East Timor met today with his Indonesian counterparts for the latest in a series of discussions on military-related issues between the two countries.
Nearly 5,000 refugees have returned from West to East Timor since the beginning of June, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
