Press Releases

  • THE Secretary-General
    06 Mar 2009 -
    Message on INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 8 March 2009
    One year ago, I launched a campaign calling on people and governments the world over to unite to end violence against women and girls. The campaign will run...
  • UNMIT welcomes new UNPOL Commisioner
    27 Feb 2009 - Dili, 26 February 2008 – Mr. Luis Miguel Carrilho assumed his duties as United National Police (UNPOL) Commissioner of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) on 23 February 2009. Mr. Carrilho worked at the office of the President of the Republic of...
  • SRSG Khare thanks Japan for its contributions to Timor-Leste
    12 Feb 2009 - Dili, 12 February 2009 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to Timor-Leste Atul Khare has given special thanks to the Japanese Government for its contributions to the development of Timor-Leste while meeting with Japan's Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada...
  • PRESS RELEASE: IOM Launches EC-Funded Community Stability Project
    11 Feb 2009 - 11 February, Timor-Leste-- The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched a US$2 million project funded by the European Commission (EC)'s Stability Instrument to enhance community stability in areas affected by the return or resettlement of displaced people....
  • SRSG Khare meets with Japan's President of House of Councillors Eda
    11 Feb 2009 -
    On 9 February, SRSG Khare called on Japan's President of House of Councillors Satsuki Eda. Mr. Eda was joined by several members of the Parliamentarians League for Timor-Leste, namely Mr. Tsutomu Hata, the former Prime Minister, Ms. Tomiko Okazaki, the...
  • SRSG Khare meets with Japan's Foreign Minister Nakasone
    11 Feb 2009 - Dili, 9 February 2009 - On 9 February, SRSG Khare called on Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone of Japan to brief him on situation in Timor-Leste, and to exchange views on Japan's contribution to peacekeeping and peacebuilding in Timor-Leste. The meeting took place at the...
  • SRSG Congratulates Dr Marcelino Correia
    29 Jan 2009 - 29 January 2009, DILI - As the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Timor-Leste, I would personally like to congratulate Dr Marcelino Correia on his graduation as the first Timorese Ophthalmologist. This is a remarkable achievement and represents a concrete step...
  • UNICEF says death of Timorese children under five years of age has not doubled
    23 Jan 2009 - Timor-Leste, 22 January – "UNICEF regrets that the adjustment of figures may have given the wrong impression that under-five mortality rate seemed to have almost doubled – from "55" in 2006 to "97" in 2007. The difference between the 2006 and 2007 data is because the 2007 data...
  • IOM Launches Radio Documentary Related to Internal Displacement in Timor-Leste
    14 Jan 2009 - Dili, 13 January 2009 - This week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched Historia ba Dame (History for Peace) a five-part radio documentary on national and local radio around the country. Historia aims to document the experiences of a broad range of...
  • Transcript of UNMIT Press Conference
    09 Jan 2009 - 08 January 2009UNMIT Headquarters, Obrigado Barracks, Dili, Timor-Leste The following is a near-verbatim transcript of a press conference by Mr. Finn Reske-Nielsen, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Takahisa Kawakami, Deputy Special Representative...

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