Timor-Leste: Envoy urges caution on cuts to UN police strength
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 23 October 2009 - The Security Council this morning received a briefing on the work of the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) from the head of that Mission, Atul Khare, who noted the successful holding of elections for community authorities earlier this month. Provisional results indicate that some two-thirds of registered voters cast ballots in those elections. In his final briefing to the Security Council, Khare said that, in the long term, the touchstone for success in Timor-Leste is not whether or not crises occur, but how future crises are met and resolved. The future presence and role of the international security forces needs to be carefully taken into account in planning any modification of the composition and strength of the UN Mission, he added. View the entire Security Council Meeting (Real Media, 2 hours and 55 minutes): http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/sc/2009/sc091023am.rm News story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32693&Cr=unmit&Cr1=
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