Timor

Two killings in Timor-Leste prompt increased UN police activity

20 November 2006
The United Nations is stepping up its police presence in Timor-Leste after two killings in the past 24 hours in Dili, the capital of the small and impoverished South-East Asian nation.

UN Volunteers arrive in Timor-Leste to begin work on election preparations

17 November 2006
A group of 45 United Nations Volunteers (UNV) have arrived in Timor-Leste to join preparations for the strife-torn country’s first post-independence elections next year.

Timor-Leste: citing better security, top UN official calls on displaced to return home

10 November 2006
Nearly seven months after deadly violence forced around 155,000 people in Timor-Leste to flee to temporary camps, the top United Nations official in the tiny nation called today on these internally displaced persons (IDP) to return to their homes, citing a much-improved security situation thanks in part to the increased number of UN police.