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.

July

Today marks World Hepatitis Day. Hepatitis is a serious public health issue. In the WHO South-East A

A farmer from Maliana uses a palm leaf as shelter from the rain. Photo UNMIT/ Benardino Soares

Maria Lezarda da Piedade dances for "Timor Furak", a Timorese dance group that performs in Timor-Les

A woman weighs a baby using a sarong on a hook attached to scales, during a mobile clinic visit to E

Two women with their babies wait patiently to see a doctor visiting the village of Asulau. Photo UNM

A farmer from Maliana looks after her rice field during the rainy season. Photo UNMIT/Bernardino Soa

Aerial view from Manatuto river. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

Portrait of a young girl in Liquica. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

Aerial view of Jaco Island. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

An employee from the Cooperativa Café Timor, CCT, uses a moisture tester at a coffee warehouse in T

A farmer from Manatuto harvests rice. Photo by UNMIT/Martine Perret

Rubbish illegally dumped in the Hera beach, in Dili. Photo by Bernardino Soares/UNMIT

A child looks through a window's curtain at Ritabou, Maliana district. Photo by Bernardino Soares/UN

Afonso plays with a toy boat in the Loes suco, near Liquica. Photo by Bernardino Soares/UNMIT

A child participates in a sack race. Photo by Bernardino Soares/UNMIT

Cecilia from the Kovalima district prepares cassava to feed her pigs. Photo by Bernardino Soares/ UN

A survivor of domestic violence starts her new life near Dili. The Law Against Domestic Violence (LA

Traditional leader from Bazartete, Liquisa. Photo by Bernardino Soares/UNMIT

A flock of pelicans rest on a sand bank in Tasi Tolu. Photo UNMIT/Martine Perret

Men crossing the border point of Salele, in the Kovalima district. Photo by Bernardino Soares/UNMIT