Press Releases

Dili, 18 January 2010 - Secretary of State of Youth and Sports led by Mr. Miguel Manetelu, with support of United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF) will organize the launch of the Timor-Leste Youth Parliament on 18 January 2010…

Dili, 12 January 2010 - Police Commissioner Luis Carrilho and PNTL General Commander Longuinhos Monteiro press conference at PNTL Headquarters. Good afternoon. Thank you for your presence here. I would like first of all to…

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General [Political] for Sudan arrives in Khartoum The newly appointed DSRSG for Political Affairs for Sudan Jasbir Singh Lidder of India has arrived in Khartoum yesterday to…

Dili, 13 January 2010 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste meets with the media at her first press conference. Gyorgy Kakuk (UNMIT Spokesperson): Welcome everybody, Thanks for accepting our…

Dili, 05 January 2010 - Today Ms Ameerah Haq arrived in Dili to take up her post as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Timor-Leste. Ms Haq most recently served as Deputy Special…

Dili, 4 January 2010 - On Saturday 2 January the Acting Police Commissioner Ibrahim Idris and the Acting General Commander of the Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL), Afonso de Jesus, signed off on the Preventive…

Dili, 30 December 2009 - Acting Police Commissioner Idris Ibrahim today held a joint press conference with the Acting General Commander of Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL), Afonso de Jesus, to provide an update on the…

Dili, 18 December 2009 - The successful UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Security and Livelihoods Project in the District of Baucau in Timor-Leste received fresh additional funding worth 600.000 EUR from the…

Dili, 18 December 2009 - Today Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Security Sector Support and Rule of Law, Mr Takahisa Kawakami and Secretary of State for Security, Dr Francisco…

Great efforts needed to tackle environmental migration beyond Copenhagen, says IOM on International Migrants' Day Geneva, 18 December 2009 – Greater efforts are needed beyond Copenhagen to tackle the complex issue of…