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.

January

Back-to-school…Ministry of Education figures estimate there are currently just under 300,000 child

The Prime Minister and the SRSG recently signed off on the joint Government-UNMIT recommendation for

2010 has been declared International Year of Biodiversity. Timor-Leste does not have yet an adequate

The World Food Programme supports the Ministry of Health's supplementary feeding programme, which pr

Promotional testing of PNTL officers took place last week, as a key step in developing the professio

Around 300,000 students returned to school in January for the new academic year. Government reforms

The Government of Timor-Leste recognizes the importance of reducing the country’s high population

Timor-Leste's Youth Parliament was launched on 18 January by President Jose Ramos-Horta and Secretar

Timor-Leste's rich ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity gives the country its unique character.

PNTL’s Maritime Unit was established in 2001 and has 51 personnel, including police officers, boat

The massive oil spill that took place in the Timor Sea on 21 August last year is affecting fishermen

Students around the country began orientation week after several months break. Orientation activitie

1,518 UN Police (UNPol) from 39 countries are deployed in Timor-Leste as of 11 January 2010. Among t

As part of the food security and livelihoods project, 15 primary schools in the Baucau District will

The Youth Employment Promotion (YEP) Programme is a partnership between the Government of Timor-Lest

The building of a new Animal Health Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is rapid

More than 30% of maize grain produced in Timor-Leste is lost every year due to insects and other pes

Timorese teams proudly participate in international sporting events as ambassadors of the nation and

The concept of community policing recognizes the need to involve communities in both preventing and

In his informal address to the nation at the public New Year's Eve party in Dili, President José Ra