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Timor-Leste can count on UN’s help to address its challenges – Secretary-General

14 December 2007
The United Nations will continue to help Timor-Leste in addressing the many challenges it faces, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged today during a visit to the tiny nation that the world body helped shepherd to independence in 2002.

Timor-Leste: UN official stresses need for credible State institutions

13 December 2007
Building strong State institutions, particularly a credible security sector, will be vital if Timor-Leste is to resolve many of the issues that continue to plague the young nation, a visiting senior United Nations official said today.

Timor-Leste will need UN assistance for some time, says Security Council team

12 December 2007
Despite the tremendous gains achieved by Timor-Leste since achieving independence in 2002, it will continue to need United Nations assistance for some time to address its political, security and economic challenges, according to a Security Council team that visited the country recently.
Amb. Dumisani S. Kumalo

Timor-Leste faces serious challenges despite recent gains, Security Council told

6 December 2007
While Timor-Leste has recovered well from the violent crisis that engulfed it last year, it continues to grapple with a host of challenges including the fate of about 100,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and widespread poverty, the head of a recent United Nations Security Council mission to the tiny nation said today.