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Contents [hide]
1 Overview
2 List of peacekeeping operations
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 Further reading
Overview[edit]
Indonesia (1947�51)
Kashmir (1950�85)
Korea (1953�Present)
Israel � under Operation Paladin (1956�Present)
Congo (1960�61)
West New Guinea (1962�63)
Yemen (1963)
Cyprus (1964�Present)
India/Pakistan Border (1965�66)
Sinai � under Operation Mazurka (1976�79) (1982�86) (1993�Present)
Israel/Syria Border (1974)
Lebanon (1978)
Zimbabwe (1979�80)
Uganda (1982�84)
Iran (1988�90)
Thailand/Cambodia Border (1989�93)
Namibia � under UNTAG (1989�90)
Afghanistan (1989�93)
Iraqi Kurdistan � under Operation Habitat (1991)
Iraq (1991�99)
Western Sahara (1991�94)
Cambodia � under UNTAC (1991�93)
Somalia � under Operation Solace (1992�95)
Yugoslavia (1992)
Rwanda (1994�95)
Mozambique (1994)
Bougainville (1994)(1997�2003)
Haiti (1994�95)
Guatemala (1997)
Yugoslavia (1997�Present)
Kosovo (1999�Present)
East Timor � under INTERFET, UNTAET, UNMISET, Operation Tower and Operation Astute
(1999�2013)
Solomon Islands � under RAMSI (2000�13)
Ethiopia/Eritrea (2000�Present)
Sierra Leone (2000�03)
Sudan � under Operation Azure (2005�Present)
Darfur � under Operation Hedgerow (2007�Present)
Seven multinational operations have been commanded by Australians:
Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo was Chief Military Observer in Kashmir with
the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, from 1950 to 1966
Lieutenant General John Sanderson was Force Commander with the UN Transitional
Authority in Cambodia, 1992 to 1993
Brigadier David Ferguson was Force Commander with the Multinational Force and
Observers (in the Sinai) from 1994 to 1997
Richard Butler led the UN Special Commission (in Iraq) from 1997 to 1999
Major General Timothy Ford was Chief of Staff with the UN Truce Supervision
Organisation from 1998 to 2000
Major General Peter Cosgrove commanded the International Force for East Timor
(INTERFET) from 1999 to 2000
Major General Simon Stuart took command of the Multinational Force and Observers
(MFO) in the Sinai in 2017.[9][10]