Asia

Acting UN Special Representative in Timor-Leste Finn Reske-Nielsen

Timor-Leste making good progress despite this year’s challenges, stresses UN envoy

24 December 2008
Timor-Leste has made good progress towards peace and stability after the violent attacks in February that almost claimed the life of its President, a senior United Nations envoy to the tiny South-East Asian nation the world body helped shepherd to independence in 2002 stressed today.

New UN-Japan pact seeks to boost use of space data to reduce disaster risk

12 December 2008
A new agreement between the United Nations and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will enable them to boost their cooperation to use space-based information and services to help reduce the risk of disasters in the Asia-Pacific region.