Timor

Kamalesh Sharma briefs Council

Timor-Leste making good progress but still needs help, UN envoy says

15 October 2003
Timor-Leste has made tremendous progress in governing itself in the 17 months that the United Nations has been helping the newly independent country, but serious problems of security, order and economic transformation remain, the top UN envoy in the country said today.

Timor-Leste will need continued help after UN departs, Annan says

10 October 2003
Timor-Leste will need continued international assistance after the United Nations pulls out next year, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report released today.