Timor

Timor-Leste: UN steps up aid to scores of thousands of people displaced by violence

31 May 2006
With violence decreasing markedly in Timor-Leste over the past 24 hours although youth gangs are still on the streets, United Nations agencies today stepped up aid for 100,000 people uprooted by weeks of turmoil aggravated by the dismissal of a third of the armed forces in the country which the UN shepherded to independence from Indonesia in 2002.

Senior UN official ‘hits ground running’ in seeking to resolve Timor-Leste violence

30 May 2006
With a senior United Nations official on the ground in Timor-Leste today seeking to defuse the violence that has torn through the small country in recent weeks, UN agencies have resumed food distributions to camps holding 100,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) but conditions in them are worsening due to overcrowding and rain.

Timor-Leste: UN relocates families of staff as security concerns heighten

27 May 2006
The United Nations today announced that all UN families and non-essential staff members will begin to be relocated from Timor-Leste to a temporary safe haven in Darwin, Australia, because of heightened security concerns.

Annan sends seasoned envoy to Timor-Leste following mob violence

25 May 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a senior envoy who is an expert on Timor-Leste to assess the situation as army soldiers opened fire on unarmed police today in fresh violence, killing nine and injuring 27 others in the country which the United Nations shepherded to independence from Indonesia in 2002.<

UN supports dialogue in Timor-Leste

24 May 2006
With quiet returning to Timor-Leste following recent violence, the UN Office in the country (UNOTIL) is supporting the Government’s proposed initiative to convene a meeting with representatives of the dissident groups in order to engage in a dialogue, a UN spokesman said today.

Following unrest, UN mission in Timor-Leste extended one month past expiration

12 May 2006
Following fatal mob violence late last month in Timor-Leste, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations office there (UNOTIL) one month past its 20 May expiration as the world organization considers how to further reinforce the stability of the nascent country.
Sukehiro Hasegawa briefs the Council

Timor Leste: 5 dead in recent riots, UN official tells Council, urging that UN stay

5 May 2006
The senior United Nations envoy to Timor-Leste today reported to the Security Council that five people died and 60 were injured during recent clashes in the nascent country, and urged an extension of the world body’s presence there.