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.

November

Francisco Lobo, a final year student at UNTL, accessing books in the university library. Photo by UN

Fishing when the tide is low at sunset, on the beach of Kampung Marinir village, Dili. Photo by UNMI

A boy sits on a bridge in Licidere, Dili, casting a shadow in the water below. Photo by UNMIT/Bernar

26 year old Augusto de Araujo has been working as a carpenter for five years; currently he is workin

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The bustle of the fishermen around the coast of Atauru. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino Soares

A child playing ball on the sand of Pantai Kelapa beach, Dili. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino Soares

Teresa Perreira collects pebbles on the beach in Bidau, Dili. She sells the pebbles to people who us

Children playing football in the afternoon on Santana beach, Dili. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino Soares

A fisherman at low tide in Areia Branca, Dili. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino Soares

A flock of birds migrating as the season changes. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino Soares

Portrait of an elder from Manatuto. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino Soares

View of a UN helicopter prior to departure from the UNMIT airfield. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

A fisherman in Wataboo beach in Baucau. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

A woman carries her pots to Tono Market in Oecusse. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

Portrait of Edson Arentes Da Costa Caminha, bass player in the Timorese band Galaxy. Photo by UNMIT/

A man from Ainaro wears his traditional headdress during a ceremony. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

A red fan coral found in the waters around Dili. Photo by UNMIT/Marcus Culley

Horse racing in Oecusse. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret