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| A UN truck
in Oecussi Enclave, East Timor, backs into a U.S. Navy LCU (Landing
Craft Utility) to unload some of the 300 tons of house building materials
ferried from Dili, during U.S. Forces support of the Australian-led
UN peacekeeping effort in OPERATION STABILISE.
Photo by Sgt. Bryce Piper, USMC |
The armed forces of the Asia-Pacific region experienced one of the most dramatic examples of a regional military operation when forces from more than a dozen Asia-Pacific countries took part in the multinational peacekeeping operation in East Timor, which began in August 1999.
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A Royal Australian Air Force C-130 drops badly needed food to citizens of East Timor. |
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Under the leadership of Australia, OPERATION STABILISE brought the forces of Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Fiji, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the U.S. together for the largest UN peacekeeping operation since the 1992-93 UNTAC peacekeeping operation in Cambodia. In addition, China and Taiwan provided civilian specialists and other aid, and ten European countries provided troops, ships, vehicles, medical personnel and money.
