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UN Police Commissioner Luis Carrilho

Building trust in police is outstanding challenge in Timor-Leste – UN official

22 April 2010
Timor-Leste’s police force has made considerable strides since its creation 10 years ago, the top United Nations police official in the nation has said, while adding that the key challenge remains bolstering the trust of the people in the fledgling institution.
Timor-Leste's national police have resumed responsibilities

Timor-Leste police resume control of second largest city from UN

16 April 2010
The United Nations handed over formal control today of policing operations in Baucau, Timor-Leste’s second largest city, to national police as part of an ongoing strategy to lessen the Organization’s direct control over the country’s nascent security operations.
Timor-Leste's national police have resumed responsibilities

Timor-Leste: UN continues transfer of functions to national police

13 April 2010
The United Nations has handed back policing responsibilities to Timor-Leste in a fifth district as part of the gradual transfer of the functions it assumed in 2006 after a wave of deadly violence shook the newly independent country.
Outside the Universidade Nacional Timor-Loro Sa’e

Timor-Leste’s economy at ‘turning point,’ says top UN envoy

7 April 2010
Timor-Leste’s economy is on the cusp of moving from recovery to development, the top United Nations envoy to the fledgling nation said today, stressing the need for an economic expansion that is not based only on oil revenues.