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Closure of UNMIT

The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste completed its mandate on 31 December 2012. Find out more about the closure in our Fact Sheet and by visiting the Momentum website which pays tribute to the Timorese achievements and marks the departure of UN peacekeepers.

May

Young local diver fishes off Atauro island using traditionally made goggles and a spear gun. UNMIT/M The "International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers", May 29, is "a day to pay tribute to all the Esperança from Maliana sells vegetables at a local market. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino Soares A woman from Suai Loro cleaning corn in front of her house. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret Batista Dos Santos feeds her roosters in front of her home in Oecusse. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret Performers mixed traditional and modern dance and music during the celebration of the 10th Anniversa Thousands of Timorese citizens celebrate the inauguration of  Taur Matan Ruak, the fifth president o Timor-Leste's Ramos Horta bestows the Medal of Order on  SRSG Ameerah Haq at a Medal Ceremony on his Fisherman caught in the middle of murky waters off the coast of Dili. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino Soar Women from Lesuata with their children at sunrise. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret Laura sells vegetables along the road in Maubisse. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret Children participating in the Run for Peace, part of the annual Dili Marathon. Photo by UNMIT/Martin Irene from Suai Loro prepares stones for masonry. Photo by UNMIT/Domingos Da Costa A rider is washing his horse in the sea in Batugade. Photo by UNMIT/Antoninho Bernardino A farmer from Oecussi using traditional methods to prepare his fields planting. Photo by UNMIT/Berna Beni of the Dili Tyre Factory in Hera uses specialised machinery to retread worn tires. Photo by UNM Voter registration at the Dili District Office in preparation for the 7 July Parliamentary Election. A woman from Suai Loro weaves a traditional tais under her home. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret Faustina Da Costa is learning to be a seamstress at the Claretian Training Center in Maudemo Suco ne
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