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 UNTAC
(UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia)
Singapore responded to a UN request
for support in UNTAC by sending 4 Super Puma helicoptors
and 65 servicemen to Cambodia for a one month
tour of duty from May 93 to Jun 93. The helicoptor
detachment provided transport for the election
officials, ballot boxes and medical casualties
as well as conducted aerial policing for UNTAC.
| Mission
Role & Participation |
Mission
Role: CIVPOL Election Monitors,
Helicoptor Detachment (May-Jun
'93)
Participation Date: May
'92 - Jun '93
Participants:
 65
SAF Officers
166
Police Personnel
4
Super Puma Helicoptors |
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| Country
Profile |
Kingdom
of Cambodia
Capital:
Phnom Penh
Area:
181,040 Sq Km
Estimated
population:
12,491,501
Background
Information:
: Following a five-year struggle,
communist Khmer Rouge forces captured
Phnom Penh in 1975 and ordered the
evacuation of all cities and towns;
over 1 million displaced people died
from execution or enforced hardships.
A 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the
Khmer Rouge into the countryside and
touched off 13 years of fighting.
UN-sponsored elections in 1993 helped
restore some semblance of normalcy,
as did the rapid diminishment of the
Khmer Rouge in the mid-1990s. A coalition
government, formed after national
elections in 1998, brought renewed
political stability and the surrender
of remaining Khmer Rouge forces. |
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