East Timor Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

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At present all Birth, Marriage, and Death records in East Timor are almost non-existent. What records that did exist during the Portuguese occupation have either been destroyed or lost.Template:Verification needed

DILI, East Timor, 22 February 2011 – Children in East Timor get a further boost in claiming their rights with the launch of the National Birth Registration Campaign. East Timor, one of the youngest nations in the world, launched the campaign which runs from 21 to 25 February 2011. It aims to cover over 200,000 children under the age of five who have not yet been registered.

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-==Resources==
+At present all Birth, Marriage, and Death records in East Timor are almost non-existent. What records that did exist during the Portuguese occupation have either been destroyed or lost.{{verification needed}}
-===Offices to Contact===
+DILI, East Timor, 22 February 2011 – Children in East Timor get a further boost in claiming their rights with the launch of the National Birth Registration Campaign. East Timor, one of the youngest nations in the world, launched the campaign which runs from 21 to 25 February 2011. It aims to cover over 200,000 children under the age of five who have not yet been registered.
-[http://www.mj.gov.tl/?q=node/481 Direcção Nacional dos Registos e do Notariado]<br>
-National Directorate of Registration and Notary<br>
-Endereo de Correio Postal<br>
-Ministrio da Justia<br>
-Avenido Jacinto Cndido<br>
-Dili-Timor Leste<br>
-Telephone:(+670) 77230056<br>
-:::(+670) 3322454<br>
-Email: [mailto:dnrn@mj.gov.tl dnrn@mj.gov.tl]<br>
-For additional information, see U.S. Department of State, [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Timor-Leste.html Timor-Leste].
-==Background==
-Also known as Timor-Leste.
-The Timorese people inhabited the island long before Portugal colonized it in the 16th century.  On the 28 November 1975, East Timor became independent from Portugal, but nine days later was invaded and taken over by Indonesia. After decades of violence, East Timor became free. The main religion is Catholicism.<ref name="Wikipedia East Timor">Wikipedia contributor, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor#Classical_era East Timor], (accessed 28 October 2021)</ref>
-==Coverage and Compliance==
-Currently almost no birth, marriage, and death records in East Timor exist.<ref name="Wikipedia East Timor" />
-In 2011, the National Birth Registration Campaign began registering children under the age of five.<ref>Reliefweb, [https://reliefweb.int/report/timor-leste/timor-leste-launches-national-birth-registration-campaign Timor-Leste launches National Birth Registration Campaign], (accessed 10 October 2021).</ref> For additional information, see Refworld, [https://www.refworld.org/docid/506599a82.html Timor-Leste (East Timor): Making inroads on birth certificates].
-==Information Recorded in the Records==
-==References==
 [[Category:East Timor]]