News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Dili, 17 December 2008 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will tomorrow hand over a vehicle to the national NGO, PRADET. UNFPA has assisted PRADET in its work in providing counselling and shelter to victims of gender-based violence since 2003. The purchase of this vehicle will allow for…

Dili, 16 December 2008 - UNMIT's Human Rights and Transitional Justice Section today launched the thematic report on the Right to Food in Timor Leste. The report examines all the various efforts made by the Government of Timor-Leste, members of the international community and civil society to help…

Dili, 12 December 2008 - UNMIT welcomed the F-FDTL and Human Rights booklet newly released by the Government of Timor-Leste. Aimed at building human rights awareness among F-FDTL members, the booklet was distributed today during the Security Sector Reform and Development Seminar held at the…

Dili, 10 December 2008 - 10 December is globally celebrated as International Human Rights Day – a day to reflect on the human rights work in the past year, and a day to make renewed commitment to the human rights work that still needs to be completed. This year, International Human Rights Day is of…

Dili, 09 December, 2008 - The Office of the President of the Republic, through the Coordinating Committee for the Reform and Development of the Security Sector, will host a two-day seminar starting on 11 December in the President's Palace in Lahane, Dili. This international seminar is an initiative…

Dili, 13 November 2008 - UNMIT is investigating an accident in Dili last night that has injured two people – one critically - after an UNPol vehicle was involved in a traffic incident. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Atul Khare, has sent his sympathy to the family of the…

Timor- Leste, 11 September 2008 - Over the past four months IOM has helped the Government to facilitate the return and reintegration of 5,930 families previously living in 22 displacement camps in and around the capital Dili as a result of the civil unrest of April and May 2006. As a leading agency…

Timor-Leste, 10 September 2008 - Under its programme of support to the Ministry of Health of Timor Leste, this Thursday at the Salaun Enkontro of the Hospital Nasional Guido Valadares, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will hand over to the Maternity Department two ultrasound machines as…

Timor-Leste, 21 August 2008 - In a public report released in Dili today, the United Nations noted that Timor-Leste has continued to consolidate progress in key human rights areas, including adherence to the rule of law, strengthening of the judicial system and addressing past human rights violations…

Dili, 8 August 2008 - Reducing poverty, consolidating democracy and providing basic social services are the priority areas that the United Nations Development System will support over the next five years in Timor-Leste. Read in Tetun In the area of poverty reduction, which is much needed to raise…

Timor-Leste, 30 July 2008 - The head of media agencies in Timor-Leste participated in a joint press conference yesterday to raise awareness of the 100 Day Peace Campaign celebrated around the world. The 100 days will end on 21 September, the International Day of Peace. This year's Day will…

Timor-Leste, 15 July 2008 - At the end of The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affair's (UNDESA) three-year program in Timor-Leste, the head of UNDESA believes that solar energy can become a viable alternative energy source in Timor-Leste. Click Here Read in Tetun The project to…