DILI: European Union’s Ambassador to Timor-Leste Marc Fiedrich on Monday pledged more aid to improve access to clean water across the country, responding to on-going efforts from Timor-Leste government and international agencies to recognise citizen’s rights to water.
HIV Diagnosis Increases in Pregnant Mothers from Timor-Leste’s Rural Areas: Ministry of Health
DILI: Despite some progress, many Timorese are not preventing themselves from passing on or being transmitted the HIV virus, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.
India’s Minister Arrives in Timor-Leste in First Official Visit since 2018
DILI: The Indian Minister of State for External Affairs has travelled to Timor-Leste for official meetings with leaders, his office said, describing the visit as the first high level visit from India to Timor-Leste since 2018.
New Campaign Supports Timorese Women’s Legal Sector Representation
DILI: Efforts to increase the women’s quota in Timor-Leste’s decision-making bodies will be strengthened this week when Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Justice in partnership with United Nations Development Programme and State Secretariat for Equality launch a new program to support women into legal careers.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s earnest sports ambitions have long stood in contrast to its major multi-sport achievements but sporting officials say the tiny half island has stirred at the Asian Para Asian Games.
British Indo-Pacific Minister Visits Timor-Leste, First Official Visit in 21 years
DILI: United Kingdom’s Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said she will hold a series of meetings with government officials and launch a UK-UNICEF program to combat child malnutrition late last week, the first official visit from a UK minister since Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002.
Largest ever Timor-Leste-Australia joint Milltary Exercise Concludes
DILI: Timor-Leste and Australia concluded its annual joint military exercise involving more than 230 military personnel from five countries on Friday, in a show of force and unity and amongst countries in the Indo-Pacific.
Fundasaun Mahein Launches Political Cartoon Challenge
DILI: Fundasaun Mahein, a Timorese security watchdog, published the call for political cartoons as part of a new cartoon competition in a statement on Friday.
Timor-Leste Upgrades Bilateral Ties with China
BEIJING: Timor-Leste and China said they have upgraded bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, potentially giving Beijing more influence in the region, and enabling Timor-Leste to pursue possible joint oil and gas exploration.
UK Minister Pushes Support to Erase Timorese Child Malnutrition
DILI: Britian is a strong partner for Timor-Leste’s government to work with in tackling child malnutrition levels, a visiting UK minister said.
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WTO Committed to Timor-Leste’s Membership to Trade Body, WTO Head Says
Geneva: The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has discussed next steps for Timor-Leste’s membership to the trade body, during a meeting with President of the Republic Jose Ramos-Horta on Monday in Geneva.
Ramos-Horta Urges Attention on Inequality, Link Between Climate and Security in UN General Assembly Speech
New York: Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta inspected 20 years of democracy in the country, highlighting improved social indicators, but also persistent challenges such as malnutrition and poverty, and advocated leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for attention on global inequality and an energy transition that considered the needs of fragile states.
Ramos-Horta on Reaching UN anti-poverty targets: The negatives are external
New York: Timor-Leste President of the Republic Jose Ramos-Horta said his country’s progress on UN anti-poverty targets continues to be impacted by the financial crisis and “obliteration of ODA” in 2007, which has never recovered, according to a United Nation’s statement.
Timor-Leste Affirms Support for Developing Countries and China at G77+ Conference
HAVANA: Timor-Leste expressed on Saturday in Cuba its commitment to continue working within the G77+China to defend the principle of equality in the global economic and social order, according to local media outlets.
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