Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations (UN) Transitional Administrator, presenting the UN medal ...

Accession Number P09937.021
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Ager, Stephen
Place made East Timor
Date made 2000
Conflict East Timor, 1999-2013
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations (UN) Transitional Administrator, presenting the UN medal to Sub Lieutenant (Sub Lt) Paul Kimlin, Royal Australian Navy. Sergio Vieira de Mello was killed in the Canal Hotel Bombing in Iraq along with other members of his staff on 19 August 2003 while working as the Secretary-General's Special Representative in Iraq. Sub Lt Kimlin was killed in a Sea King helicopter crash in Indonesia 2005, whilst administering Tsunami support. This image relates to the service of the United Nations Headquarters Peacekeeping Force (HQPKF), United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET).