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- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG abstract "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.The Australian mission was widely reported as successful. Colonel John Crocker, commander of the second Australian contingent (2ASC), wrote that the November 1989 election was UNTAG's raison d'être and observed that "the Australian contingent's complete and wide-ranging support was critical to the success of that election and hence the mission – a fact that has been acknowledged at the highest level in UNTAG". Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, wrote to Gareth Evans (Australia's Foreign Minister) about the "remarkable contribution made by the Australian military and electoral personnel", saying that their "dedication and professionalism had been widely and deservedly praised". Although a total of 19 UN personnel lost their lives in Namibia, the two Australian contingents achieved their mission without sustaining any fatalities – one of the few military units in UNTAG to do so.Overall, the UNTAG mission assisted Namibia in transitioning to a democratic government after the racial segregation of the apartheid system. The military forces did not fire a shot during the operation, and Mays called it "possibly the most successful UN peacekeeping operation ever fielded"; Hearn called it "one of the major successes of the United Nations". Almost 20 years later, in a message to the annual session of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization on 28 February 2008, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted that "facilitating this process" constituted "one of the proudest chapters of our Organization's history".".
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- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG alt "Map of Namibia, with locations of deployments".
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- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG caption "Australia's contribution to the United Nations Transition Assistance Group".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG caption "Main unit and sub-unit deployment locations".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG combatant "22".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG combatant "Cuba".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG combatant "SWAPO".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG combatant "South Africa Supported by:".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG combatant "Supported by:".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG combatant "UNITA".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG commandStructure "Military Component".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG conflict "Namibian Border Operational Area".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG country Namibia.
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG date "As of April 1989".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG dates "1989".
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- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG disbanded "1990".
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- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG partof "and the Namibian War of Independence".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG partof "the South African Border War".
- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG place "Southern Africa – Namibia and Angola".
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- Australian_contribution_to_UNTAG quote "Our contribution to UNTAG and our involvement in the Namibian settlement makes Australia party to what may be one of the United Nations' most substantial achievements for many years. We have been involved in this process from the start. Australia has been a member of the UN Council for Namibia since 1974. We pledged our support for UNTAG at the inception of the UN plan for Namibia in 1978. Australia also made an important contribution to UN deliberations about Namibia during our recent term on the UN Security Council in 1985–1986. Our participation in UNTAG also builds on the constructive role successive Australian governments have played on southern African issues. I pay particular tribute to the achievements of my predecessor Malcolm Fraser in this regard.".
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