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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Timor-Leste
05/05/2008
A peace building and human rights program uses creative and therapeutic learning to help East Timorese heal and move beyond the violence that pervades their young country's history.
Read moreFrom: Peace X Peace Image: The staff of an organization promoting peace and human rights in East Timor. © Peace X Peace
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02/12/2008
East Timor has declared a state of emergency after attacks on the President and Prime Minister. The country only recently regained stability after a 2006 conflict between security forces consigned tens of thousands of people to refugee camps.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Image: East Timor President Ramos-Horta is said to be in a serious but stable condition after being shot at by rebels. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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02/05/2008
President Suharto of Indonesia, who died last month, was responsible for the invasion of East Timor in 1975, for its occupation for almost 25 years, for the murder of so many of its people and for the insecure and traumatised state it remains in despite its emergence as a free, new country six years ago.
Read moreFrom: Le Monde diplomatique Related: [Indonesia] Image: UNHCR workers remember their dead colleagues © Brennon Jones/OCPI/UNTAET
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09/12/2007
The UN has saluted the peaceful elections held recently in the fragile Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, but urged the country’s citizens and political parties to engage in political dialogue to consolidate the democracy and peace.
Read moreFrom: United Nations Image: With UN assistance, Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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07/10/2007
The immediate challenge for Timor-Leste's new government is food shortages affecting a fifth of the population by October as a result of a predicted 30 per cent fall in food production following drought, says an international development charity.
Read moreFrom: Progressio |
07/06/2007
Viime sunnuntaina pidettyjen Itä-Timorin parlamenttivaalien alustava tulos enteilee uutta hallituspohjaa. Aikaisempi valtapuolue Fretilin kärsi selkeän tappion, mutta vaalitappiostaan huolimatta Fretilin on yhä Itä-Timorin suurin puolue.
Read moreFrom: maailma.net Related: [Politics] Image: Torikauppiaita Itä-Timorin pääkaupungissa Dilissä
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05/16/2007
Itä-Timorin presidentiksi viime viikolla valittu Jose Ramos-Horta on kulkenut pitkän matkan itsenäisyysaktivistista presidentiksi. Hänellä on mahdollisuus nousta koko kansan presidentiksi 69 prosentin äänimäärällään.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Democracy] Image: Ciudadanos de Timor Oriental - Citizens from East Timor
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04/11/2007
Äänestysvilkkaus Itä-Timorin maanantaisissa presidentinvaaleissa oli niin suurta, että äänestyslipukkeet loppuivat paikoin kesken. Kenenkään ehdokkaan ei oleteta saavan yli puolia äänistä, joten uusi presidentti löytynee vasta toisella äänestyskierroksella.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Asia and the Pacific] [Democracy] |
03/26/2007
Itä-Timorin presidentinvaalien kampanja käynnistyi viikonloppuna rauhallisissa merkeissä. Kahdeksasta ehdokkaasta kansainvälisesti tunnetuin on vuoden 1996 rauhannobelisti Jose Ramos-Horta. Vaalit pidetään huhtikuun alussa.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Democracy] |
01/24/2007
Väkivaltaisen vuoden kokenut Itä-Timor sai vaalikomission. YK:n väliaikaishallinnon aikana vuonna 2001 valitun parlamentin puhemies Fransisco Guterres sanoi vaalikomission jäsenten valatilaisuudessa komission tehtävänä olevan taata jokaiselle kansalaiselle yhtäläiset oikeudet vaaliprosessin aikana. Vuonna 2002 itsenäisyyden saavuttaneet itätimorilaiset valitsevat ensimmäistä kertaa maalleen presidentin ja parlamentin.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Politics] [Democracy] Image: Länsi-Timorista palaavia pakolaisia marraskuussa 1999 © UN/UNHCR Photo# 203109C
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10/06/2006
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09/08/2006
UNICEF and a foreign government are helping the children of Lebanon get back to school. Other programs are reaching out to kids in East Timor and Nigeria, while Palestinian kids face teacherless classrooms. Plus, how green is your campus?
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Palestine] [Nigeria] [Lebanon] Image: How long till school starts for these Lebanese kids? © Marie Claire Feghali / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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09/07/2006
After May's violence that displaced some 15 percent of the population, UNICEF is hoping the new school year will help bring a return to normalcy in Timor-Leste.
Read moreFrom: United Nations Children's Fund |
08/18/2006
YK:n pääsihteeri Kofi Annan esittää kansainvälisten poliisivoimien sijoittamista Itä-Timorille, kirjoittaa australialainen Sydney Morning Herald -lehti verkkosivuillaan. Itä-Timorin entinen pääministeri erotti 600 poliisia huhtikuussa, jonka jälkeen Australian johtamat kansainväliset sotilasjoukot ovat rauhoittaneet maan tilannetta.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [United Nations] |
08/17/2006
With violence increasing in recent months in Timor-Leste, some observers are calling for a UN peacekeeping effort there. UN discussions and investigations are crucial not only for determining the fate of Timor-Leste, but also the future of UN efforts at nation building, says Arnold Kohen.
Read moreFrom: Foreign Policy In Focus Image: About 150,000 displaced persons are taking refuge in camps for fear of fresh fighting. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/27/2006
As East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri resigns, Britain is urged to address past atrocities to East Timorese people under Indonesian rule that are hampering the country's democracy.
Read moreFrom: Progressio Related: [United Kingdom] |
06/27/2006
Itä-Timorin viimeaikaisia levottomuuksia on hillitty Australian johtamalla yli 2 000 hengen rauhanturvaoperaatiolla. Arvostelijoiden mukaan hanke tähtää saarivaltion hallituksen vaihtamiseen – mikä näyttää onnistuvan - ja samalla omien etujen varmisteluun.
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06/15/2006
The first day of a measles vaccination campaign in East Timor included 600 children in a camp for people displaced by recent violence.
Read moreFrom: United Nations Children's Fund |
06/13/2006
The UN has launched an appeal for nearly $19 million in humanitarian assistance to Timor-Leste for those displaced by the civil conflict and violence of the past few weeks.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Image: Civil conflict and violence has displaced over 130,000 people in Timor-Leste. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/07/2006
Relief supplies are to be distributed to over 60,000 internally displaced people in East Timor, including some 40,000 people in Dili, following the outbreak of violence there.
Read more* Alkatiri agrees to UN investigation From: International Committee of the Red Cross |



