UNMIT Press Release:
UN Secretary-General appoints Ameerah Haq to head Department of Field Support in New York Dili, 26 April 2012 – The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon selects Ameerah Haq, the head of the United Nations Integrated…
Timor-Leste applauded for presidential election
Download Dili, 16 April 2012 - The people of Timor Leste went to the polls on Monday to elect their president in a second round of voting. The people of Timor Leste went to the polls on Monday to elect their president in a…
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Head of UN peacekeeping mission meets with both presidential candidates
Dili, 2 April 2012 – The head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) met with both presidential candidates ahead...
Timor-Leste to hold runoff after President loses re-election
Dili, 19 March 2012 - Timor-Leste is getting ready for a second presidential ballot as a free country after Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta lost his re-election bid. Voters will go to the polls in April to choose…
Timor-Leste election an exercise in democracy
Download Dili, 19 March 2012 - Over the weekend the citizens of Timor-Leste took to the polls to vote for a new president. Results so far show incumbent Jose Ramos-Horta will not be among candidates for a run-off scheduled…
Timorese vote in their third presidential elections in 10 years
Dili, 16 March 2012 - The people of Timor-Leste are gearing up to vote in presidential elections this Saturday. The people of the Southeast Asian nation of Timor Leste are voting in their third presidential election since the…
FROM THE FIELD: Calm in Dili as Timor-Leste goes to the polls
Dili, 17 March 2012 - Patients at Timor-Leste's national hospital, located in the capital Dili, had an unusual sighting around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday – in addition to the doctors and nurses on their regular early mobile voting…