ˌɔn wˈʌn fˈɛbɹuːˌɛɹi tˈuː θˈaʊzənd wˈʌn fˈeɪlɪntəl wʌz əfˈɪʃəli dɪsˈɑːlvd, ˈoʊnli təbi ˈɔːlmoʊst ɪmˈiːdɪətli ɹᵻsɚɹˈɛktᵻd æz ðɪ əfˈɪʃəl ˈɑːɹmd fˈoːɹs ʌvðə nˈuːli ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt kˈʌntɹi, ðɪ ˈiːst tˈɪmoːɹs dᵻfˈɛns fˈoːɹs, ˈɛfˌɛfdˌiːtˌiːˈɛl, wɪððə dˈuːɾi ˌʌndɚ ðə kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃən ʌv ˈiːst tˈiːmoːɹ tuː "ɡˌæɹəntˈiː ðɪ ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndəns ʌvðə nˈeɪʃən, ɪts tˌɛɹɪtˈoːɹɪəl ɪntˈɛɡɹᵻɾi, ænd ðə fɹˈiːdəm ænd sˈeɪfti ʌvðə pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən ɐɡˈɛnst ɐɡɹˈɛʃən, wˌɪtʃ dʌznˌɑːt ɹᵻspˈɛkt ðə kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃənəl ˈɔːɹdɚ."
On 1 February 2001 Falintil was officially dissolved, only to be almost immediately resurrected as the official armed force of the newly independent country, the East Timorese Defence Force (, F-FDTL), with the duty under the Constitution of East Timor to "guarantee the independence of the nation, its territorial integrity, and the freedom and safety of the population against aggression, which does not respect the constitutional order."