UNMIT
United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste

Closure of UNMIT

The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste completed its mandate on 31 December 2012. The establishment of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) was preceded by a number of other UN operations or missions deployed in Timor-Leste beginning in 1999.

Culture

Momentum: Timor-Leste forges a vibrant future

Meet the people of Timor-Leste.

A man and a woman from Tutuala wear traditional tais weavings
UNMIT / Martine Perret
A man and a woman from Tutuala wear traditional tais weavings. 22 December 2007.
Traditional soldiers wear ceremonial costumes at special events
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Traditional soldiers wear ceremonial costumes at special events. 19 April 2008
Man wears the traditional manu-fulun headdress made of rooster feathers.
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Man wears the traditional manu-fulun headdress made of rooster feathers. 12 November 2008.
Elder wears the traditional dress of Ainaro district with ornaments signifying heroism
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Elder wears the traditional dress of Ainaro district with ornaments signifying heroism. 28 September 2008.
Rice harvest in Aileu
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Rice harvest in Aileu. 4 February 2009.
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UNMIT / Martine Perret
As the security situation improves, youth becomes an age of opportunity for the 60 per cent of Timor-Leste’s population under the age of 25. 28 February 2009.
Farmer herds buffalo near Manatuto
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Farmer herds buffalo near Manatuto. 25 April 2009.
Woman participates in a traditional ceremony in Lospalos
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Woman participates in a traditional ceremony in Lospalos. 14 May 2009.
With 19,600 members from 16 cooperatives and 494 small-scale farmer groups, Cooperativa Café Timor obtained  a Fair Trade certification in 2001
UNMIT
With 19,600 members from 16 cooperatives and 494 small-scale farmer groups, Cooperativa Café Timor obtained a Fair Trade certification in 2001. 10 July 2009.
At a ceremony marking the resumption of primary policing responsibility by the Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) in Manatuto, a young boy from a local art group wears blue paint
UNMIT / Martine Perret
At a ceremony marking the resumption of primary policing responsibility by the Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) in Manatuto, a young boy from a local art group wears blue paint. 25 July 2009.
Timorese fishers use traditional gear
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Timorese fishers use traditional gear. 15 March 2004.
Young man reading a newspaper in Dili.
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Young man reading a newspaper in Dili. 29 April 2010.
Members of the dance troupe Movimento de Adolescentes e Crianças practice Capoeira
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Members of the dance troupe Movimento de Adolescentes e Crianças practice Capoeira. 29 July 2010.
Dancers entertain at the International Day of Peace
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Dancers entertain at the International Day of Peace. 21 September 2010.
Timorese musician Etson Caminha performs as part of a nationwide campaign against human trafficking.
UNMIT / Martine Perret
Timorese musician Etson Caminha performs as part of a nationwide campaign against human trafficking. 9 October 2010.
Timorese women celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day
UNMIT / Bernardino Soares
Timorese women celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
Woman performs the traditional bidu dance
UNMIT / Bernardino Soares
Woman performs the traditional bidu dance. 6 March 2011.
Woman plays a baba-dook at a traditional ceremony in the village of Hera, east of Dili
UNMIT / Bernardino Soares
Woman plays a baba-dook at a traditional ceremony in the village of Hera, east of Dili. 28 July 2010.
Tour de Timor bike race
Tour de Timor bike race. 11 September 2011. UNMIT / Martine Perret
Children play football at Bidau Santana in Dili
Children play football at Bidau Santana in Dili. 16 November 2011. UNMIT / Bernardino Soares
Girl at Carnival de Timor in Dili
Bernardino Soares
Girl at Carnival de Timor in Dili. 18 February 2012. UNMIT / Bernardino Soares