East Timor
(L-R) Laos Deputy Prime Minister Thonloun Sisoulith, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, Myanmar President Thein Sein, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, unidentified official, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Noelen Heyzer and East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao observe one minute of silence for all the victims of natural disasters in Asia at the United Nations during the Economic and Social Commision for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 69th Session of the Commission in Bangkok on April 29, 2013. ESCAP is held from 25 April to 1 May in Bangkok.
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Vulcans through the eye of the bottleneck
The Black Death I noticed during Peter Ralph and Graham Coop’s Ask Me Anything about their new paper, The Geography of Recent Genetic Ancestry across Europe , someone brought up the effects of plague. Recall that ~1/3 of Europe’s population died during t from Discover Magazine Read more »
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UNMIT East Timor Mission Medal
The United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT) was established on August 25, 2006 by UN Security Council Resolution 1704. Its objectives are “to support the Government in consolidating stability, enhancing a culture of democratic governance, from Wordpress.com: United Nation Read more »
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Connecting Parliament to the People in Timor-Leste
It was a bright morning on April 19 in Maliana town as participants gathered for an unusual meeting. The meeting brought members of Timor-Leste‘s Parliament to the capital of Bobonaro District, southwest of the capital Dili, to hear from members of the p from USAID Read more »
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Seven Voting Reforms Other Countries Have Used To Boost Their Turnout Rate
If the United States and all the other countries of the world were to line up by voter participation rate, we would find ourselves ranked lower than war-torn countries like Sierra Leone, massive countries like Indonesia, and baby democracies like East Ti from Think Progress Read more »
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Ex-world table tennis champion bats for peace in West Asia
INDORE: After fostering peace through sports in conflict-torn East Timor, Columbia, Burundi and Congo, former world table tennis champion Peter Karlsson is now willing to replicate it in ever volatile West Asia. The five-time world champion who is part o from Times of India Read more »
