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.

Featured News

TIMOR-LESTE: Sexual assault survivors face long legal delays

Dili, 15 December 2010 (IRIN) - As the number of reported sexual crimes in Timor Leste increases, survivors - mostly women and girls - must wait up to one year as their cases wind through a struggling court system.

16 Dec 2010

UNITED NATIONS: The Secretary-General, Message on human rights day 10 December 2010

UNITED NATIONS, 10 December 2010 - Human rights are the foundation of freedom, peace, development and justice — and the heart of the work of the United Nations around the world.

09 Dec 2010

TIMOR-LESTE: Road repairs a boon to villages

Dili, 22 November 2010 (IRIN) - Timor-Leste's government is engaging rural communities to improve the country's road network, which is almost 60 percent unpaved, to create jobs and develop vital infrastructure.

23 Nov 2010

TIMOR-LESTE: Preparing for the worst

Dili, 11 November 2010 (IRIN) - Hardly a tremor was felt in Timor-Leste after the undersea 6.1 magnitude earthquake 85km north of the capital, Dili, on 16 October.

11 Nov 2010

TIMOR-LESTE: HIV prevalence rate "under-reported"

15 Oct 2010

Identifying vulnerable people in Timor- Leste

Dili, 11 October 2010 - "My wife and I have 6 children under the age of 9. We survive on what little I can farm from public land. We own 2 hens and 2 pigs".

12 Oct 2010

The graduation of Timor- Leste’s first legal drafters of the national parliament

Dili, 30 September 2010 - "I wanted the chance to serve my nation. The Timorese Parliament needs legal drafters for the long term future of the country."

05 Oct 2010

TIMOR-LESTE: La Niña blow to crops

Dili/ Suai, 29 September 2010 (IRIN) - An unrelenting rainy season linked to La Niña has dragged on for months in Timor-Leste and left farmers without a June harvest and unsure when to plant for the next one.

30 Sep 2010

TIMOR-LESTE: The slow death of domestic violence

Dili/ Suai, 21 September 2010 (IRIN) - The government of Timor-Leste is struggling to implement a recently adopted law criminalizing domestic violence, amid scepticism that it is too much, too soon.

24 Sep 2010

TIMOR-LESTE: Domestic abuse survivors speak

24 Sep 2010

Local Time

UNMIT

Closure of UNMIT

Featured News

Pages

Twitter

Search

Closure of UNMIT

Featured News

Pages

Twitter