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Coloured map and text depicting deployments and history of Australian involvement in United Nations peacekeeping missions since 1947. The map was reproduced and distributed by Defence and was based on a Post 1945 Gallery exhibit at the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

Historical information

Australia is a founding member of the UN, has been an active participant in UN institutions for 70 years and is currently the 11th largest contributor to the UN regular budget. Australia held the first Presidency of the Security Council in 1946 and provided the first military observers under UN auspices a year later, to Indonesia during the independence struggle. Australia has been integrally involved in global efforts to build and restore peace for over 70 years. Australia has provided personnel to 62 UN and other multilateral peace and security operations since 1947 and remains a strong supporter of UN peacekeeping.

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Registration number

cwa-org-32-99-087

Inscriptions and markings

As of June 2023, Australians have been involved in the following peacekeeping operations:
• Indonesia (1947–51)
• Kashmir (1950–85)
• Korea (1953–1957)
• Israel – under Operation Paladin (1956–present)
• Congo (1960–61)
• West New Guinea (1962–63)
• Yemen (1963)
• Cyprus (1964–present)
• India/Pakistan Border (1965–66)
• Sinai – under Operation Mazurka (1976–79; 1982–86; 1993–present)
• Israel/Syria Border (1974)
• Lebanon (1978)
• Zimbabwe (1979–80)
• Uganda (1982–84)
• Iran (1988–90)
• Thailand/Cambodia Border (1989–93)
• Namibia – under UNTAG (1989–90)
• Afghanistan (1989–93) – under the United Nations Mine Clearance Training Team (UNMCTT)
• Iraqi Kurdistan – under Operation Habitat (1991)
• Iraq (1991–99)
• Western Sahara (1991–94)
• Cambodia – under UNTAC (1991–93)
• Somalia – under Operation Solace (1992–95)
• Yugoslavia (1992)
• Rwanda (1994–95)
• Mozambique (1994–2002)
• Bougainville (1994; 1997–2003)
• Haiti (1994–95)
• Guatemala (1997)
• Yugoslavia (1997–present)
• Kosovo (1999–present)
• East Timor – under INTERFET, UNTAET, UNMISET, Operation Tower and Operation Astute (1999–2013)
• Solomon Islands – under RAMSI (2000–13)
• Ethiopia/Eritrea (2000–present)
• Sierra Leone (2000–03)
• Sudan – under UNMIS and Operation Azure (2005–11)
• Darfur – under Operation Hedgerow (2007–present)
• South Sudan – under UNMISS and Operation Aslan (2011–present)

Contextual Information

The United Nations exhibition is found within the Post 1945 Gallery. It provides an overview of peacekeeping and humanitarian operations coordinated within the auspices of the United Nations organisation. Iems provenanced to Western Australians serving on various missions augment the graphics and medal collection.

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