(14 Dec 2007) SHOTLIST
1. UN officials' plane arriving
2. Wide of people waving South Korean flags to welcome UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
3. Close up people waving South Korean flags
4. Ban Ki-Moon leaving plane
5. Mid shot of welcome party
6. Ban Ki-Moon walking with East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao
7. Wide of Ban Ki-Moon and Gusmao
8. Mid shot police
9. UN motorcade leaving
STORYLINE
The United Nations will help East Timor reform the police and military forces who were at the heart of deadly gunbattles last year that killed dozens in the fledgling country, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said on Friday.
Ban Ki-Moon arrived in East Timor's capital Dili where he was greeted at the airport by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.
Around a third of the East Timor army deserted in April 2006 in protest against alleged discrimination, triggering several weeks of lawlessness.
Gang warfare, gun battles and widespread arson plagued the capital, sending a fifth of the population on the run.
Relative calm was restored by thousands of foreign troops, and the nation of under a million is still policed by the United Nations, which oversaw peaceful elections earlier this year.
"The United Nations and the international community will fully support" reform of the security force and judiciary, Ki-moon told reporters after meeting with leaders including President Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The new government of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has ambitious plans to rebuild state institutions and revive the economy.
But security is an immediate priority with a rebel leader accused of murder during last year's upheaval still evading arrest.
Last month, Alfredo Reinado threatened to turn to violence again if the demands of 600 renegade soldiers were not addressed.
East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, broke from decades of Indonesian rule in 1999.
Its transition to democracy has been guided by the United Nations, but it faces chronic poverty, food shortages and gang warfare.
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