Press Releases

  • 07 Jul 2008 - A high-level international team overseeing the integrity of Timor-Leste's 2007 presidential and parliamentary elections has arrived in Dili this week on its first mission ahead of next year's polls. The Electoral Certification Team members are Reginald Austin (Zimbabwe),...
  • 07 Jul 2008 - 9 November 2006, Dili--- United Nations Police has stepped up patrols in Dili's local communities. Dili residents should notice the heightened number of police patrols, as UNPOL puts a significant number of new vehicles into service. "We understand that what is important right...
  • 07 Jul 2008 - 15 November 2006, DILI—Eric Tan Huck Gim has been appointed as Deputy Special- Representative for the Secretary General (DSRSG) for Security Sector and Rule of Law for United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). Mr. Tan is a retired Brigadier General from the...
  • 07 Jul 2008 - 17 November 2006, Dili--- Forty-five United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) arrived in Timor-Leste this week to begin their work supporting the nation with its fast-approaching first post-independence 2007 national elections. Originating from 21 different countries, the electoral...
  • 07 Jul 2008 - 20 November 2006 – The United Nations is stepping up its police presence in Timor-Leste after two killings in the past 24 hours in Dili, the capital of the small and impoverished South-East Asian nation. UN Police (UNPOL) has opened a murder investigation into last night's...
  • 07 Jul 2008 - 29 November 2006, Dili---Following investigations into a homicide that occurred on 19 November in Maubisse District of Ainaro, the National Police of Timor Leste (PNTL) with the assistance of UNPol have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the murder. The three...
  • 07 Jul 2008 - 01 December 2006, Dili—In a first ever such arrangement between a sovereign nation and the UN, the Timorese Government and the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today agreed that UNMIT would have prime responsibility for police operations throughout Timor...
  • 07 Jul 2008 - 6 December 2006, Dili-- A senior police advisor from the Philippines has been designated the Police Commissioner for the United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) Rodolfo Asel Tor joined the mission on December 2. He was previously the Director for Plans with the Philippine...
  • 07 Jul 2008 - Dili, December 8, 2006 - Seventeen people arrested last Tuesday in relation to an alleged attack on the police post in Bidau have been remanded in custody after appearing in the Dili District Court yesterday. The judge presiding over the first inquiry administered the most...
  • 07 Jul 2008 - 08 December 2006, Dili--- Following their recent arrival, the first 40 electoral United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) showed off their recently acquired Tetum language skills at a "Tetun Only" performance today. The electoral UNVs arrived in mid November to begin gearing up for the...

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