Royal Thai Army Lt. Gen. Boonsrang Niumpradit, Commander of UNTAET (UN Transition Administration in East Timor) Peacekeeping Force (PKF), inspects his multinational military staff from five countries at the new HQ Sector West compound in East Timor. Australian Army Lt. Col. George Rooks, Chief of Staff - Sector West (in the rear), accompanies him.

Volunteers from New Zealand’s helicopter detachment at Suai clean and restore a Holbelis Village school that had been badly damaged by the anti-independence militia.

Members of the Royal Thai Army entertain East Timorese in Viqueque district to develop closer relations with the community they protect.

The New Zealand Army battalion chaplain, Padre Mike Subritzky, distributes donated toys to local children in Suai, East Timor.

The ROK Army peacekeeping battalion spons30ors a traditional Korean music group at a show for East Timorese in Los Palos.

An Australian Army warrant officer reads a story to children in the continuing program to reach out to the East Timorese, whom the Australians have defended and helped since the first international force in 1999.

Republic of Korea (ROK) Army engineers clear and rebuild roads in Lautem district of East Timor.

A U.S. Marine CH-53 delivers a load of maize to Bokano, East Timor..

photo by LCpl. Mace Gratz, USMC

Korean Army troops patrol Lautem district in the eastern sector.

Multilateral peacekeeping brings regional forces together for shared operations under a single command. Korean and Thai troops check navigation during a reconnaissance patrol in Viqueque district.

Security from militia violence is a constant concern. New Zealand Army troops patrol a dry creek bed in Cova-Lima district.

Commander of Sector East, Thai Army Col. Pichet Pisajohn, observes his staff treat the children of the Venilale Orphanage to a Thai lunch.

A Korean soldier gives free haircuts to local children in Lautem district.

A New Zealand Army doctor conducts a polio immunization program in Suai.Almost 62,000 East Timorese have been treated medically by peacekeeping force medics at the time this photo was taken.

Members of the ROK Army battalion award prizes for writing and drawing to school children in Lautem district, to whom they also donated general school supplies.

U.S. Navy Seabee engineers construct a new roof for a school destroyed in the 1999 fighting in East Timor.