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Ceremony marking the resumption of primary responsibilities for police operations in Timor-Leste by the PNTL

Security Council extends UN mission in Timor-Leste for another year

26 February 2010
The Security Council today extend for another year the mandate of the United Nations mission working to promote peace, stability and development in Timor-Leste.
Timorese police officer

Timor-Leste has made ‘remarkable progress’ but faces daunting challenges – UN

23 February 2010
Timor-Leste has made “remarkable progress” since the violence that disrupted it in 2006, but the long-term goals of recovery and development may prove even more challenging, the top United Nations envoy to the small South-East Asian country said today.
A child in Dili, capital of Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste hospital receives life-saving obstetrics equipment from UN

4 February 2010
To help combat high maternal mortality rates in Timor-Leste, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has supplied equipment to assist in child delivery to a hospital in the capital of the fledgling nation.