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.

August

A Timorese cyclist celebrates at the finish line of the Tour de Timor. Photo by UNMIT/Sandra Black

Cyclists in the 2012 Tour de Timor cross the border from Timor-Leste into Indonesia. 11 September 20

Timor-Leste President Taur Matan Ruak reviews the troops with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at th

Timorese and Cuban doctors tested for malaria, administered vaccines and delivered medicine to 618 m

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Dili International Airport on 15 August 2012. Pictured w

The 5th constitutional government of Timor-Leste was sworn in on 8 August 2012 in Palacio Lahane in

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reads to Timorese children at Cassait school, Liquica District. Photo

The ship Lusitania is handed over to Timor-Leste by the Government of Indonesia at a ceremony. The v

Flag raising ceremony at Timor-Leste's Government Palace to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the Po