Timor

Solar energy viable option for Timor-Leste, says UN

15 July 2008
A just concluded three-year pilot project has shown that solar power can be an affordable and sustainable alternative energy source for the people of Timor-Leste, according to a senior United Nations official heading up the programme.

Ban hopes truth panel’s report will foster justice, reconciliation in Timor-Leste

15 July 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the commitment made by the Presidents of Indonesia and Timor-Leste to follow up on the final report of the panel set up to look into the violence that accompanied the latter’s bloody struggle for independence in 1999.

Access to family planning vital for development efforts in Timor-Leste – UN

10 July 2008
Family planning, a human right that allows parents to make informed decisions about the size of their families and to determine the spacing of children, is vital to the overall development of Timor-Leste and to reducing poverty in the tiny nation, United Nations officials said today.