United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Timor-Leste

14 May 2008

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Timor-Leste

The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) is the fifth UN peacekeeping operation in Timor-Leste. Established by the Security Council in resolution 1704 of 2006, UNMIT was preceded by a number of other United Nations operations or missions deployed in the country beginning in 1999.