TIMOR-LESTE: Peacekeeping drawdown begins

TIMOR-LESTE: Peacekeeping drawdown begins:

DILI, 5 July 2012 (IRIN) - The UN peacekeeping force is on track to begin withdrawing from Timor-Leste in October 2012 after a “remarkably peaceful” parliamentary election campaign concluded on 4 July, ahead of the election on 7 July. The United Nations Integrated Mission (UNMIT) in Timor-Leste began in 2006 after a mutiny by soldiers and a breakdown of order led the government to request international support.