(27 Nov 2007)
1. UN plane taxiing at airport
2. UN police standing guard outside airport
3. Dumisani Kumalo, head of United Nations delegation, shaking hands with UN Police Commissioner Rodolfo Tor
4. Zacarias da Costa, East Timor Foreign Minister, (left) Dumisani Kumalo, Head of UN Delegation (centre) and Atul Khare, Chief of UNMIT (United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor) (right), walking together
5. Kumalo and delegation arriving at Presidential Palace
6. Kumalo and delegation meeting with Jose Ramos Horta, President of East Timor
7. Zacarias da Costa, Ramos Horta and Atul Khare in the meeting
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dumisani Kumalo, Head of UN delegation:
"We came here with a security council team to support the government and the people of Timor Leste (East Timor) and we are here to tell the president we support everybody here and we hope to meet with all people, NGO's, opposition parties and everybody."
9. Kumalo shaking hands with Xanana Gusmao, East Timor Prime Minister
10. Kumalo and Xanana seating in meeting room
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dumisani Kumalo, Head of UN delegation:
"Well we are very pleased with what is happening in Timor and we want to strengthen the government to do even a better job."
12. Kumalo and Xanana in meeting room shaking hands
STORYLINE:
A delegation from the United Nations Security Council has arrived in Dili, East Timor on a four day official visit.
It's the second visit to East Timor since the former Portuguese colony gained formal independence from Indonesia in May 2002 after breaking free from decades of often brutal Indonesian rule in 1999, during which analysts say more than 100,000 Timorese died.
The delegation includes seven members of the 15 member UN Security Council for 2007.
The Head of the UN Delegation Dumisani Kumalo, told reporters:
"We came here with a security council team to support the government and the people of Timor Leste (East Timor) and we are here to tell the president we support everybody here."
East Timor was the first new nation created in the 21st century.
The euphoria on becoming independent in 2002 quickly evaporated amid the harsh realities of building a nation almost from scratch.
The country faces major security, humanitarian and economic challenges. It has significant offshore oil and gas reserves, but unemployment in the nation of less than 1 million people hovers at around 50 per cent.
Its new political leaders, including President Jose Ramos Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, have vowed to tackle rampant poverty and restore damaged relations between the country's police and army.
The country is policed by a special force operating under the name of the United Nations.
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