News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

1. What kind of support is the UN providing to the 2012 Parliamentary Election? Policing PNTL is responsible for ensuring security during the election. UNPOL is supporting PNTL to prepare for this role, both through training activities and the development of a joint national security operation plan…

Speakers: Aniceto Neves: Coordinator for Peace Building of HAK Association Caesar Ranawera: UNPol Representative Hipolito Gama: UNMIT Spokesperson Hipolito Gama: Good morning everyone and thank you for coming to our weekly press briefing. On Sunday 21st of September, it is the International Day of…

Silverio Pinto Baptista: I would like to thank the UNMIT Human Rights and Transitional Justice Section for bringing to light the very important issues of human rights in Timor-Leste. There has been mixed reaction to the report and some people have claimed that the report contains misinformation. I…

Dili, 25 June 2012 – Unarmed civil security guards today completed the final stage of a training programme designed to help them deal effectively with security issues relating to the protection of public buildings. As part of the training, staff from the National Directorate of Security of Public…

Dili, 02 September 2012 - The President of Timor-Leste Taur Matan Rauk has said that the United Nation's Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will be long remembered as a success in peacekeeping operations. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the 13th anniversary of the Popular Consultation in which…

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Dili, 24 November 2012 – Timor-Leste today says goodbye and thank you to police officers from Portugal for their role in helping secure peace and building the capacity of the country's national police. Portugal was amongst the countries contributing the largest numbers of police since the United…

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Dili, 16 November 2012 – Timor-Leste will today say goodbye and thank you to police officers from Pakistan for their role in helping secure peace and building the capacity of the country's national police. Pakistan was amongst the countries contributing the largest numbers of police since the United…

Momentum.tl pays tribute to the achievements of the people of Timor-Leste since they embarked on the path of independence in 1999.

The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) is the fifth UN peacekeeping operation in 60 Years of United Nations Peacekeeping The United Nations will observe 60 years of peacekeeping operations on 29 May 2008, the annual observance of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, by…