The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The building used as the United Nations (UN) office in Atsabe. At the close of polling for the referendem, pro-Indonesian militia attacked members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET), civilian Police and locals. The Police managed to rescue all involved, however a local school teacher was killed and a locally employed UNAMET electoral officer was killed. UNAMET was sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999, to organise, conduct and supervise the referendum, held on 30 August 1999, to allow the East Timorese to choose between autonomy within Indonesia or independence. Following the overwhelming vote for independence, the pro-Indonesian militia launched a campaign of destruction, arson and murder, killing approximately 1500 people and forcing 300,000 others into West Timor as refugees. Due to this the mandate of UNAMET was extended from 31 August 1999 to 30 September 1999, although most members were evacuated by 20 September when the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) was sent in.
Indonesian Police in a truck, escorting civilian Police Officers, members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) on the road between Atsabe and Hatolea. UNAMET was sent to East Timor on 11
Indonesian Police (Polri) a the polling station run by members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) on polling day. They are members of the Kontingen Lorosae that was formed to escort Uni
United Nations land rovers parked outside the Indonesian Police Headquarters in Gleno. Civilian Police Officers, members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET), slept here, after the evacua
Locally employed United Nations staff gathered in the courtyard of the United Nations Headquarters building, where the ballot boxes from the days polling were being stored, after they were attacked by
James P Brew, Australian District Electoral Officer (DEO) and Team Leader (left), with Jose Ernesto Jesus Maia, United Nations (UN) translator (killed later in 1999), both members of the United Nation
Indonesian Police Officers eating at a banquet following a pre poll meeting in the village of Atsabe. The Indonesian Police accompanied the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) staff on the v
