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Dili, 14 October 2009- The Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, received Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmão at UNESCO Headquarters. Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmão is the wife of the first President of Timor-Leste, Mr Kay Rala Xanana…
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Dili, 20 October 2009- Malaria, a disease without borders, has recently received a boost here in Timor-Leste. Today, with an additional 62 personnel recruited to work in the country's malaria control programme, districts and…

Dili, 14 October 2009- at the Office of the Prosecutor-General, four international prosecutors and four international clerks were sworn into office for their one-year assignment in Timor-Leste. These justice actors, from Cape…
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N'Djamena, 16 October 2009 – The Government of Chad, represented by the Minister of External Relations, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, signed an agreement on the status of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic…
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Dili, 12 October 2009 - The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) confirms the death of a United Nations Police Officer from Zambia. We offer our sincere condolences to his family, colleagues and friends…
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Dili, 9 October 2009- The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) has seen the media report of the alleged presence of UNMIT staff at the Moon Bar in Dili, Timor-Leste during a raid conducted by the…

Dili, 15 September 2009- In a public report released in Dili today, the United Nations noted that in the past year, Timor-Leste made progress in key human rights areas, including strengthening of the judicial system and…

Dili, 11 September 2009– The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Timor- Leste (SRSG) Atul Khare and Fransisco Guterres the Secretary of State for Security on behalf of Prime Minister Kay…

Dili, 8 September 2009 - Timor-Leste, the South-East Asia Region's youngest nation, has announced that it will make a contribution to the World Health Organization's (WHO) unique million dollar health emergency fund, whose…