Dili, 1 April 2011 - Timor-Leste has begun a new chapter in the country's history, as the national police force assumed primary responsibility for law and order at the end of March. This follows five years in which the United…
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Dili, 24 March 2011 - Leprosy, a chronic disease once endemic in South East Asia, has been largely eliminated from Timor-Leste. The disease has caused the disfigurement of millions of people mainly in the developing world…
On 23 March 2011, the G-2/G-3 Conference was held at MINURSO HQ in Laayoune. The Conference was chaired by the OIC HoM/Force Commander Major-General Zhao. The aim of the Conference was to provide update information and…
On 23 March 2011 MINURSO circulated the second issue of "Dynamism" which tackles mainly some recent activities undertaken by the mission.
On 06 March 2011, MINURSO celebrated the 54th anniversary of Ghana National Day. The ceremony was inaugurated with a military parade within MINURSO HQ in Laayoune during which the flag of Republic of Ghana was raised next to…
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International Women's Day, 2011: Time to Make the Promise of Equality a Reality A hundred years ago today, women across the world took an historic step on the long road to equality. The first ever International Women's Day…
Maliana, 21 February 2011 - Delfina Fatima has been running her bakery in Maliana for a year. But she says the $500 loan she received a few months ago from one of Timor-Leste's microfinance institutions, Tuba Rai Metin, has…
Tibar, 25 February 2011 (IRIN) - For the past eight years, the same three have topped a UN ranking of the countries with the highest percentage of chronically malnourished children: Afghanistan (59 percent), Yemen (58 percent…
MINURSO circulates the first issue of the Front Office newsletter "Dynamism" related mostly to SRSG's activities Mr. Hany Abdel-Aziz. This issue goes over some recent events that took place in MINURSO in brief and concise way…
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February 21, 2011_Western envoys in Burundi have urged the government to protect albinos from organ traffickers who trade their lucrative body parts for use as potent ingredients for magic charms. The security of albinos is…