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On 15 September 1999, the United Nations Security Council expressed concern at the deteriorating situation in East Timor, and issued UNSC Resolution 1264 calling for a multinational force to restore peace and security to East Timor, to protect and support the United Nations mission there, and to facilitate humanitarian assistance operations ...
The International Force East Timor (INTERFET) was a multinational non-United Nations peacemaking task force, organised and led by Australia in accordance with United Nations resolutions to address the humanitarian and security crisis that took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of UN peacekeepers. [1]
The Battle of Aidabasalala (16 October 1999) was a small but hard-fought action during the 1999 East Timorese crisis between pro-Indonesian militia and a six-man Australian covert reconnaissance patrol from the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) operating as part of the United Nations-mandated International Force for East Timor (INTERFET).
16 September 1999: 10 April 2000: East Timor: INTERFET: Operation Gateway: 1 February 1981: current operation: Indian Ocean and South East Asia: Maritime Surveillance: Operation Stabilise: 16 September 1999: 23 February 2000: East Timor: INTERFET: Operation Tanager: 20 February 2000: 19 May 2002: East Timor: UNTAET: Operation Citadel (East ...
The concert was a special Christmas present to show appreciation and support for the troops stationed in East Timor, away from their families for Christmas. It was held at Dili Stadium in front of 4000 troops from INTERFET countries, and also broadcast in Australia. Some of the troops in the audience held up signs with well wishes for their ...
Australia led the INTERFET during the following 1999 East Timorese crisis to stop Indonesian militias and army attacking the East Timorese civilians, and to establish the UN administration. Since 2002, Timor-Leste had begun as the first new sovereign nation of the 21st century.
In September 1999, Australia deployed a brigade-sized combat element to East Timor as part of the UN sanctioned International Force – East Timor that was deployed in order to restore law and order and end the widespread violence and destruction that had broken out following a referendum in August that had shown overwhelming support for ...
The 5th/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR) is a regular littoral infantry battalion of the Australian Army. The battalion is based at Robertson Barracks in Holtze, Northern Territory and forms part of the 1st Brigade. It was originally formed in 1973 by the linking of the 5th and 7th Battalions of the Royal Australian ...