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.

September

A woman harvesting sea salt at the salt pans in Ulmera, Dili. Photo Martine Perret/UNMIT

The Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) have resumed responsibility for managing their policing

Farmers harvesting rice in Baucau. Photo by Antoninho Bernardino/UNMIT

The Policia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) took charge in Manufahi District on Friday 24 September.

Local fisherman bringing in Suai, Covalima District. Photo Martine Perret/UNMIT

Timor-Leste’s pristine beaches need to be protected from pollution and rubbish which are spoiling

The International Day of Peace in Timor-Leste was highlighted by the latest resumption of responsibi

For this year’s International Day of Peace, commemorated today, the UN is calling on young people

An elder participating in an traditional ceremony in Ainaro District. Photo by Antoninho Bernardino/

Australian rider Steele von Hoff was the first over the finish line at the second annual Tour de Tim

The accountability of office-holders is seen as a basic requirement for all public life in a democra

The second annual Tour de Timor started yesterday in Dili. More than 350 Timorese and international

Ceremony marking the resumption of primary responsibilities for the conduct of police operations by

A tais weaver from Atsabe in Ermera District. Photo Bernadino Soares/UNMIT

The national police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) yesterday resumed primary policing responsibility for the

Timor-Leste has just produced the country's first graduation class of qualified doctors. Eighteen yo

Woman searching for clams and crustaceans as the tide recedes at Dili's Cristo Rei beach. Photo Mart

The enclave of Oecusse has just become the first District in Timor-Leste to be declared free from il

Women selling vegetables at the local market in Suai, Covalima District. Photo by Martine Perret/UNM

A five-volume popular version of 'Chega!', the report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Rec

The discovery that the release of harmful substances into the atmosphere severely damagesthe ozone l