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.

December

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day 2011: A boy sits on a bridge in Licidere, Dili, casting a shadow in t

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day 2011: Portrait of an elder from Maubisse. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino S

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day 2011: Children from Rai-laku push scrap tires. This simple game is ve

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day: A UN Police officer on foot patrol at Tono river market alongside hi

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day:
Maria Lezarda da Piedade dances for "Timor Furak", a Timorese

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day: Children making water bubbles. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day: Young members of Movimento Adolescentes e Crianças (MAC) practice c

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day:
A construction worker builds a two-storey house in Dili. Photo

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day 2011: During a ceremony, a man from Same wears the traditional Manu-F

Best of UNMIT Photo of the Day 2011: A Community policing approach, as enshrined in the Organic Law

The silhouettes of children playing football in the area of Bidau Santana, Dili. Photo by UNMIT/ Ber

Portrait of a child from Atauro. Photo by UNMIT/Bernardino Soares

On 10 December 2011, Timorese across the island celebrated the International Day of Human Rights, ho

A workman involved with constructing roads and waterways in the area of Fatu Ahi, Dili district. Pho

During the rainy season, people living around the Comoro market in Dili sometimes have difficulty ob

Armandino da Silva, from Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste, wins the award for volunteer of the year at t

Wendy Fernandez, educational programmes coordinator for AGAPE Foundation, performs sign language int

8 year old Francisco sits on the beach wall at Pantai Kelapa, Dili, to see his father leave to go fi