Australian contribution to UNTAG
The Australian Services Contingent was the Australian Army contribution to the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) peacekeeping mission to Namibia in 1989 and 1990. Australia sent two contingents of over 300 engineers each to assist the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Martti Ahtisaari, in overseeing free and fair elections in Namibia for a Constituent Assembly in what was the largest deployment of Australian troops since the Vietnam War.
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Australian contribution to UNTAG
The Australian Services Contingent was the Australian Army contribution to the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) peacekeeping mission to Namibia in 1989 and 1990. Australia sent two contingents of over 300 engineers each to assist the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Martti Ahtisaari, in overseeing free and fair elections in Namibia for a Constituent Assembly in what was the largest deployment of Australian troops since the Vietnam War.
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The Australian Services Contin ...... f our Organization's history".
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Engineering
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Map of Namibia, with locations of deployments
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Australia's contribution to the United Nations Transition Assistance Group
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Military Component
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As of April 1989
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Our contribution to UNTAG and ...... Malcolm Fraser in this regard.
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Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia
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The Australian Services Contin ...... troops since the Vietnam War.
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Australian contribution to UNTAG
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Australian Services Contingent
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