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Dili, 14 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…
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More than 30 percent of maize grain produced in Timor-Leste is lost every year due to insects and other pests. This equates to about 44,000 tonnes of staple food becoming unavailable to the Timorese people, and is nearly…
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Dili, 10 December 2009– On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Timor-Leste (SRSG) addressed the special session of Timor-Leste's National…
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Dili, 9 November 2009 - The Geographic Information Group (GIG) in Timor- Leste announces that it will be organizing a unique week-long event about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping. The event will take place…
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Meeting in Kadugli on 3 November 2009, the DDR Roundtable Partnership acknowledged significant progress since the launch of the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) in February this year, under the…
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The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are embarking on the country's largest-ever delivery of voter registration materials in preparation for Sudan's voter…
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The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are embarking on the country's largest-ever delivery of voter registration materials in preparation for Sudan's voter…