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.

National police resume responsibility in Timor-Leste

4 Apr 2011

National police resume responsibility in Timor-Leste

Dili, 1 April 2011 - Timor-Leste has begun a new chapter in the country's history, as the national police force assumed primary responsibility for law and order at the end of March.

This follows five years in which the United Nations peacekeeping mission was in charge of policing the small South-East Asian country. Joyce De Pina spoke with the UN special representative for Timor-Leste, Ameerah Haq about the handover of police responsibilities and the future of UNMIT.

Duration: 2'32"
Source: UNMIT Radio

For more information, please contact:
Carlos Araujo, Phone +6707311513 or Joyce de Pina, Phone +670 7305109
email: araujoc@un.org / depina@un.org