Timor

Timor-Leste: UN investigates deadly violence near camp for displaced persons

23 February 2007
United Nations police today in Timor-Leste are investigating deadly violence that erupted at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) near the capital’s airport, in which one Timorese was killed and two injured.
Security Council

Security Council extends Timor-Leste mission for 1 year, boosts police

22 February 2007
The Security Council today extended the United Nations mission in impoverished Timor-Leste for another year until February 2008, while adding up to 140 extra police officers to help counter the increasing violence as the tiny nation gears up for this year’s elections.
Atul Khare, Special Representative for Timor-Leste

UN envoy appeals to population in Timor-Leste to fully back peacekeeping efforts

21 February 2007
Responding to increasing violence in the Timor-Leste capital of Dili, the United Nations envoy to the impoverished country today urged the population to fully support the security efforts of the UN and local police, as well as those of the International Security Forces (ISF), as they try to bring stability ahead of this year’s landmark elections.

International forces, Timor-Leste police strive to boost security after death: UN envoy

20 February 2007
Visiting the scene of gang violence in Timor-Leste’s capital today, in which one person was killed and six houses burned down, the United Nations envoy to the impoverished country pledged that international forces working with national police officers will improve security ahead of this year’s landmark elections.
Police cadets in Timor

UN, Timorese police continue search for prison escapees

19 February 2007
The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today announced that police and international forces will continue the search for five people who escaped from Becora Prison in Dili, the capital, as law enforcement efforts continue across the small country.
Special Representative Atul Khare briefs correspondents

UN envoy optimistic on Timor-Leste while warning against early UN withdrawal

13 February 2007
A day after briefing the Security Council on the need for continued international support for Timor-Leste, the United Nations envoy to the country today said he was cautiously optimistic about its future ahead of this year’s landmark elections, but he also highlighted the deadly violence in 2006 as a warning against any early withdrawal of UN assistance.
Special Representative Atul Khare briefs Council

Security critical for this year’s Timor-Leste polls, more police needed: UN envoy

12 February 2007
Highlighting the “fragile” security situation in Timor-Leste, the top United Nations envoy to the impoverished nation today reiterated Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call for more international police during this year’s elections, the first to be held there since it gained independence from Indonesia in 2002.

Timor-Leste security situation remains ‘volatile,’ warns Secretary-General

5 February 2007
While the overall situation in Timor-Leste has improved over the past six months, the security situation remains volatile and the political climate is constantly changing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, recommending that the United Nations mission in the impoverished nation be extended for another year.

UN Police, international force arrest 50 in Timor-Leste for gang fighting, crimes

1 February 2007
Continuing efforts to improve security in Timor-Leste, more than 100 United Nations Police officers, backed by troops from the International Security Forces (ISF), have arrested around 50 gang members from two neighbourhoods in the capital Dili, and confiscated homemade firearms, machetes, Molotov cocktails and other weapons, the top UN police official in the country said today.