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Timor-Leste making steady progress with UN help, Annan reports

United Nations peacekeeping forces and relief agencies in Timor-Leste have helped the country to achieve steady progress in restoring essential services and reaching its development targets, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report released today at UN Headquarters in New York.

Timor-Leste joins UN health agency

Days after becoming the newest member of the United Nations, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste has joined the UN World Health Organization (WHO), the agency announced today.