"Everyone says we have done a good job"?: Interactions between Australian Peacekeepers and Locals

Accession Number MSS2096
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Manuscript
Maker Doyle, Kim
Date made 2007
Access Open
Conflict Somalia, 1992-1995
Cambodia (UNAMIC), 1991-1992
Cambodia (UNTAC), 1992-1993
Description

29 page manuscript. Manuscript examines the nature of Australian Peacekeeping operations in the Middle East, Cyprus, Cambodia and Somalia. Section one provides a background to each of the peacekeeping missions in the listed regions explaining how Australian Peacekeepers became involved, and what their task was to be. Section two examines the Peacekeepers' perspective on the local populations in Somalia and Cambodia, viewing the people as part of the problem in the region. Section three examines the Peacekeepers' perspective on the locals in the Middle East and Cyprus, viewing the people as victims in the situation they found themselves. Section four examined the context for each of the missions and how the peacekeepers dealt with local problems. section five examines the gender relations between the Australian Peacekeepers and the local populations, as well as the attitudes of the peacekeepers towards either gender. Section six examines the attitudes of the Peacekeepers towards their missions. Section seven examines the effect of the interactions between the Australian Peacekeepers and the local populations. Finally section eight examines the long term influence of the peacekeeping operations in regional stability and cultural change.