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 National Police officer in Atauro patrolling Makadade on market day. Photo UNMIT/Martine

Antonio, a fisherman in Adara, on Atauro island, after a day at work. Photo UNMIT/Martine Perret

Children play behind a tent in Dili. Photo UNMIT/Martine Perret

Farmers from Maliana take shelter from the rain under a traditional structure know as a 'Baraka'. Ph

Farmers from Gleno begin the process of turning their harvest into the rice we eat. Photo by UNMIT/B

The women of Metinaru prepare to participate in a traditional festivity. Photo UNMIT/Bernardino Soar

Portrait of a little girl from Pune. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

Portrait of a farmer standing in his field in Manatuto. Photo UNMIT/Martine Perret

Veronika Kune from Nuslao in Oecusse makes clay pots for water and sells them in the local market. P

A UN Police officer on a foot patrol at Tono river market alongside his PNTL colleagues in Oecusse.

A woman from Noe Ninen, Oecusse harvests rice in her field. Photo UNMIT/Martine Perret

A fisherman from Baucau throws his net to catch fish. Photo UNMIT/Martine Perret

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries to e

Workers prepare land for an electricty project between Aileu and Gleno. Photo UNMIT/Martine Perret

Dry cracked land in Manatuto. Photo UNMIT/Martine Perret

Students of Muki Aiteas pre-school in Manatuto study and sing songs in their native Galolen language

A staff member from the electoral management body, STAE, registers a new voter at the administration

A young girl from Ermera carries a tree trunk to Gleno market.Photo UNMIT/Martine Perret

A farmer from Suai uses horses as a means of transportation to facilitate his daily work. Photo By U

Today commemorates the International Day of the World's Indigenous People. Photo UNMIT/Bernardino So