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Top UN official gets first-hand look at policing operations in Timor-Leste

The top United Nations police official is on a five-day visit to Timor-Leste to observe policing operations on the ground in the fledgling nation.

Timor-Leste: UNDP helps single mothers send children to school

A scheme supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) seeks to help needy households – mostly headed by poor single mothers – send their children to school and receive health care.

Timor-Leste has made strides in bolstering human rights, UN report finds

Strengthening the security and justice sectors are among the advances Timor-Leste has made in the past year to enhance human rights, according to a new report by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the fledgling South-East Asian nation.