Historical information

This card provided rules of engagement for Australian soldiers deployed to East Timor as part of UNTAET (United Nations Transitional Administration), an integrated, multi-dimensional peacekeeping operation fully responsible for the administration of East Timor during its transition to independence.

UNTAET was the UN mission in East Timor, following its independence from Indonesia in 1999. The mission provided interim civil administration and a peacekeeping functions from 1999 until it was superseded by The United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) following East Timorese elections in 2002.

Significance

This information card was carried by all peacekeeping duty that could be referred to should it be required

Physical description

Small green laminated card and rounded corners. Has text on both sides.

Inscriptions & markings

UNTAET PKF-INDIVIDUAL GUIDANCE ON DISARMAMENT, APPREHENSION AND DETENTION