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Dili, 18 June 2010 - The MTV EXIT campaign announced the launch of a nationwide initiative to fight human trafficking through a unique series of events and television programs. The campaign will kick-off with "MTV EXIT Live…
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Dili, 21 June 2010 - Helping women from poor households to establish small businesses is the daily work of the Timorese microfinance institution Tuba Rai Metin (TRM). Their belief is that the prosperity of Timor-Leste has to…
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Dili, 17 June 2010 - Quite a number of countries are conducting population and housing censuses in 2010. Populous heavy-weights like USA, Brazil and Indonesia are all doing it this year, and so is tiny Timor-Leste, with…
- Statements
Dili, 11 June 2010 Open Day Dialogue with Civil Society on UNSCR 1325 Theme: Partnerships for Peace. Statement of the SRSG for the Dili Open Day, 11 June 2010.
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Dili, 10 June 2010 – The top United Nations envoy to Timor-Leste has underscored the need for dialogue to bring an end to gender-based violence in the fledgling South-East Asian nation. Yesterday, Ameerah Haq, the Secretary…
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New York, 29 May 2010 - On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we honour the sacrifices of the men and women who lost their lives while serving under the UN flag. This year's commemoration is a somber one…
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Dili, 27 May 2010 – Vulnerable people in Timor-Leste will receive a nutritional boost, thanks to a new food fortification factory set up with assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).The new site will…
- SCIT Newsletter
Editorial: On the sixth edition of SCIT we are pleased to give you news about the trial of a former Mahidi Militia member. A special panel at the Dili District Court convicted him for 3 crimes of murder and sentenced him to…
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Dili, 3 May 2010 (IRIN) - Timor-Leste's Law Against Domestic Violence was passed by parliament eight years after it was first drafted. "This law is very important for Timor-Leste, because domestic violence here is very common…
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Dili, 03 May 2010 - The National Parliament in Timor-Leste passed the Law Against Domestic Violence on 3 May with 30 votes in favour, three abstentions and no votes against. While the law is still awaiting promulgation by the…
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Dili, 6 May 2010 - IOM in cooperation with the PNTL Police Training Centre delivered a workshop for senior law enforcement officers to raise awareness of trafficking and methods to combat human trafficking in Timor-Leste…
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International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2010 - Joint message of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and Agneta S. Bridges, Secretary-General, ICM, the International Confederation…