In Canberra on October 15, 2019, the Australian War Memorial (AWM) held a two-hour symposium to consider Australia’s contribution to the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET).
This force was an initiative of the Australian government to bring together a peace-keeping force that, with the authorisation of the United Nations Security Council, entered East Timor on September 20, 1999, to bring under control the violence that had been unleashed by pro-Indonesian …
