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First female UN police commissioner assumes duty in Timor-Leste

23 June 2003
The first female United Nations' police commissioner assumed her functions today with the world body's support mission in Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste faces food shortages – UN report

11 June 2003
With an expected 25 per cent shortfall in international rice purchases, 150,000 people in Timor-Leste could face food shortages this year after a two-year drought and a lack of seeds, according to a special report by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Timor-Leste joins UNESCO; its president awarded peace prize

6 June 2003
Timor-Leste has become the 189th Member State of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after signing the agency’s constitution yesterday in London.

UN video on Timor-Leste wins best political story prize at CNN conference

6 June 2003
A United Nations video production on the emergence of Timor-Leste as the world’s newest nation has been named the best political story of the last year by the Cable News Network (CNN).

Timor-Leste faces 14,000-ton food deficit, UN agencies report

4 June 2003
Timor-Leste faces a 14,000-ton food deficit – a result of dropping harvests and below normal rainfall – leaving some 150,000 people in possible need of aid, according to a joint report released today by two United Nations relief agencies.