The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified member of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) assisting in the evacuation of the United Nations Headquarters building in Gleno. UNAMET were 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.
Local East Timorese watch as a United Nations Puma helicopter lands on the sports ground at Gleno. The United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) was sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999, to organise, c
Local East Timorese gather around a United Nations Puma helicopter that has landed on the sports ground at Gleno. The United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) was sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999,
East Timorese locals and civilian Police Officers of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) approaching a United Nations Super Puma helicopter on a sports field in the village of Gleno. UNAMET
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
Members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) registering local East Timorese to vote in the upcoming referendum for independence. UNAMET was sent to East Timor on 11 June 1999, to organis
East Timorese children watch unidentified members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) undertaking a civil aid project to repair a road that had been washed away near the riverbed in Glen
