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Timor-Leste: UN Police, international security forces move to apprehend prison escapees

30 August 2006
United Nations Police and international security forces in Timor-Leste today mounted a widespread search for the dozens of prisoners who have escaped from Becora Prison, just east of the capital, Dili.
Nana Effah-Apenteng

Security Council establishes expanded UN mission in Timor-Leste

25 August 2006
The Security Council today unanimously approved a resolution creating a new and expanded United Nations mission in Timor-Leste, citing ongoing threats to the stability of the South-East Asian country.
Sukehiro Hasegawa

Timor-Leste: UN envoy urges renewed pledge to judiciary

23 August 2006
Two days before the mandate of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) comes to an end, the Secretary General’s Special Representative to the Southeast Asian nation called for renewed commitment to the integrity of the country’s judicial system.
Ian Martin briefs the Security Council

Timor-Leste: UN envoy calls for an expanded mission

15 August 2006
Given the fragile security situation in Timor-Leste, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to that country today called on the Security Council to establish a new, larger United Nations mission there.

UNICEF works to help prevent malnutrition among youngest Timorese

4 August 2006
As Timor-Leste moves into its fourth month of emergency, humanitarian aid workers fear that malnutrition could spread, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which is working to ensure that the country’s youngest citizens receive adequate nutrition.

Timor-Leste: Annan calls for steps to ensure justice for 1999 rights violations

4 August 2006
Stressing that there can be no impunity for the serious human rights violations committed in Timor-Leste following its vote for independence in 1999, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended the establishment of a new United Nations programme of international assistance to help the country achieve justice and reconciliation.
Sukehiro Hasegawa

UN Special Representative to Timor-Leste calls for calm as justice takes course

2 August 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Representative in Timor-Leste today called for calm and for the observance of the rule of law to allow justice to take its course in dealing with the outbreak of violence in April that forced tens of thousands of people in the small country to flee their homes.