United Nations Office in Timor Leste

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United Nations Office in Timor Leste (UNOTIL) supports the capacity development of critical state institutions, including the National Police (PNTL) in order to strengthen democratic governance and to help further build peace in Timor Leste. A UN Police Force of Technical Advisers continues to provide the country’s police, Policia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL), with specialized training for rapid response and intervention units. The Technical Advisers are also responsible for providing training in specialized areas such as counter- terrorism, forensics and transferring management skills to the national police in all districts of Timor-Leste.

Following up on UNMISET, the Security Council passed resolution 1599 to carry out peace-building activities by establishing the United Nations Office in Timor Leste (UNOTIL). UNOTIL commenced on May 20, 2005 and was mandated for one year until May 19, 2006. Security Council resolution 1677 extended UNOTIL's mandate one month past expiration while forces from former INTERFET countries came to provide peacekeeping, the main force coming from Australia under Operation Astute.