Timor

Further UN support crucial as Timor-Leste tackles ‘manifold’ challenges – Ban

23 January 2008
Despite an improvement in the overall security situation throughout Timor-Leste, the country the United Nations helped shepherd to freedom in 2002 continues to face enormous challenges that will require long-term support, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report issued today.

Timor-Leste: UN police assist in crackdown on drugs, human trafficking

3 January 2008
United Nations police are not only helping to restore security in Timor-Leste, where 37 people were killed and 155,000 others, 15 per cent of the population, displaced nearly two years ago, they are also cracking down on illegal immigration, the sale of drugs and possible human trafficking.