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11 August 1988
- Australia announced it would commit military observers on 11 August 1988, starting with the temporary secondment of an UNTSO observer.
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Sep 14, 2023 · Australians served in the United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) from 1988 to 1990. Stuart Cameron was later killed while working as a civilian member of the humanitarian relief organisation Care Australia in Northern Iraq on 7 January 1993.
The United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group ( UNIIMOG) was a United Nations commission created during the Iran–Iraq War by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 619 of August 9, 1988. The withdrawal of UNIIMOG forces in 1991 marked the official end to the Iran–Iraq War.
In early August 1988 the UN established UNIIMOG to supervise the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq at the end of their eight year long war, known as the First Gulf War. Australia's involvement began with the temporary secondment of an observer from UNTSO, followed by a fifteen-man contingent from Australia four days later on 16 August.
The United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) was established to verify, confirm and supervise the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of all forces to the...
November 1990 - February 1991. Strength. Maximum. 400 military personnel, supported by international and local civilian staff. At withdrawal. 114 military personnel, supported by...
Mission details the background to and establishment of UNIIMOG and includes exerts from Time magazine and journal articles relating to the organisation, as well as copies of policy directives, briefs and instructions circulated to the Australian contingent and UNIIMOG in 1989.
The records in S-1918 document the military operations of the United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) which was established through the United Nations Security Council Resolution...
