Timor

Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction Margareta Wahlström

Timor-Leste making progress implementing disaster response measures, UN official says

22 November 2011
A top United Nations official today praised Timor-Leste’s efforts to respond more effectively to natural disasters and encouraged the country’s authorities to support more communities to ensure that vulnerable regions are better protection.
Special Representative Ameerah Haq

UN envoy reports political, social and security advances in Timor-Leste

22 November 2011
Timor-Leste is making significant progress in consolidating its social, security and political stability despite a number of challenges, a senior United Nations said today, noting that presidential and legislative elections slated for next year will be key milestones in that process.
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Magdalena Sepúlveda

Not all Timorese benefiting from economic gains, UN human rights expert says

18 November 2011
The fruits of Timor-Leste’s recent double-digit annual economic growth are not being shared equally, with many rural people in the South-East Asian country being left behind, an independent United Nations human rights expert warned today.