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.

Tour de Timor 2011

Tour de Timor 2011 photo highlights. Photo by UNMIT/ Martine Perret.

In Timor-Leste, UN cyclists join contest to promote peace

Dili, 11 September 2011

- one of the world's most gruelling bicycle races started today from the capital of Timor-Leste, bringing together 450 participants, including 15 United Nations staff, who are taking on a six-day, 500-kilometre-long challenge across the country's unforgiving terrain.