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Dili, 15 August, 2011 - The F-FDTL Navy came together with United Nations Military Liaison Group (MLG) officers last week for a seminar on maritime peacekeeping operations. The two-day seminar (9-10 August) at Port Hera Naval…
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Dili, 2 August 2011 - PNTL and UNPOL, together with community leaders, began a new initiative yesterday to address rock-throwing by youth in Comoro, a Dili sub-district. Town chiefs, village chiefs, and the sub-district…
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Dili, 10 June 2011 – The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) celebrated the graduation of the first group of administrative staff and language assistants in a ceremony held today at UNMIT Headquarters in…
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Dili, 2 June 2011 - The Military Liaison Group of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste completed a two-day seminar for F-FDTL naval officers on United Nations maritime peacekeeping operations. This was an…
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Dili, 20 June 2011 - Over 5,000 people gathered in the streets of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, on 20 June to participate in the country's inaugural 7-kilometre "Run for Peace". The aim of this exceptional sporting event…
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New York, 29 May 2011 - The tragedies that have befallen United Nations peacekeepers already this year are a sobering reminder of the risks entailed in their important work for peace. As we mark the International Day of…
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Dili, 26 May 2011 - Julie Langelier, a 32-year-old new mother, works with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste to improve the lives of children with disabilities. She is stationed in Baucau, a remote…
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Dili, 26 May 2011 - From community policing to navigating the duties of a national staff officer in Timor-Leste, the 30-year-old Hamimat Lawal's job as a UN peacekeeper is anything but boring. Before her deployment to UNMIT…
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Dili, 26 May 2011 - For Major Chizu Kurita, a 36-year-old Japanese military officer from Kyoto, Japan, visiting the people who live in remote rural communities near Baucau, Timor-Leste, is an experience she will never forget…
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Bangkok , 12 April 2011 (IRIN) - Timor-Leste is on course to take on full security responsibilities after national forces officially assumed policing at end-March, according to the UN. The situation is now stable, Gyorgy…
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Dili, 1 April 2011 - Timor-Leste has begun a new chapter in the country's history, as the national police force assumed primary responsibility for law and order at the end of March. This follows five years in which the United…
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Dili, 24 March 2011 - Leprosy, a chronic disease once endemic in South East Asia, has been largely eliminated from Timor-Leste. The disease has caused the disfigurement of millions of people mainly in the developing world…