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 Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), as Under-Secretary-General for the UN's…
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 second round of voting. The two candidates are opposition leader Francisco…
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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 between two men who fought for the country's freedom from Indonesia's occupation…
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 for April. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the Timorese…
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 country gained its independence 10 years ago. For the first time, 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 units were paying their own visits to the hospital's patients. With the…
Empowering rural women key to boosting welfare of societies, UN officials stress
7 March 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today joined other senior United Nations officials on the eve of International Women's Day in highlighting the potential of rural women to improve the well-being of entire societies if given equal access to resources and set free from the discrimination…