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United Nations police officers serving in Timor-Leste have held a joint training exercise with national police officers to ensure that presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for next year in the South-East Asian…

More and more countries are getting behind a United Nations initiative designed to boost the number of female police serving in peace operations, with women now accounting for just over 10 per cent of the more than 14,000…

The United Nations has released the names of another 24 victims from Monday’s deadly plane crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in which only one of 33 people aboard a UN plane survived. The UN investigation…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the transfer of responsibilities for all police operations in Timor-Leste from the United Nations mission to the country’s national force, calling it an important step for the…

The vast majority of United Nations Member States are yet to ratify or accede to a protocol extending legal protection for UN staff beyond those serving in peacekeeping missions to all operations delivering humanitarian…

The 3,500-strong United Nations police force in Haiti is planning to reinforce its support of national police for the presidential run-off election on 20 March, although it does not expect trouble, according to the head of…

With Timor-Leste continuing to consolidate peace and stability and promote development, the United Nations is already planning for the end of a mission in the once troubled country that could serve as an example for other…

Measures are being taken at the 1,500 voting centres for Haiti’s presidential run-off election next month to prevent a repetition of fraud that marred the first round last November, a senior United Nations official said today…

Ten years after the Security Council called for greater involvement of women in peacebuilding, United Nations peacekeeping missions have a mixed record and need to deploy greater efforts to reach the goal, according to a…

While the Timorese national police are resuming primary policing responsibilities in more districts of the country, there is a continued need for a United Nations police presence to support the fledgling institution, says…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday voiced his deep concern about the developments unfolding in the Abobo suburb of Côte d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan, where clashes between security forces and supporters of…

Timor-Leste is on an important transition path to overcome the political and institutional weaknesses that resulted in the bloody unrest of 2006, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country said today…