Timor

USG Guéhenno briefs the Council

Timor-Leste has made remarkable progress, but still needs help - UN official

20 February 2004
While Timor-Leste has progressed impressively since gaining independence, the fragility of its national security means that the United Nations should maintain a presence there for a year beyond the end of its mission’s mandate in May, a senior UN peacekeeping official said today.

Timor-Leste: Annan recommends continued UN presence to consolidate gains

18 February 2004
With the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMISET) set to end in May, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has issued a special report to the Security Council hailing recent progress in the country while urging a continued international presence there in the year to come