Places | |
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Accession Number | P02113.005 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Colour |
Physical description | Colour |
Place made | Lebanon |
Date made | c. October 1986 |
Conflict |
Period 1980-1989 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Status to be assessed |
Captain James Craig Dittmar, a United Nations Military Observer (UNMO) from Australia, sits ...
Description
Captain James Craig Dittmar, a United Nations Military Observer (UNMO) from Australia, sits working at a desk inside a UN Observation Post (OP). In front of him is a large map. From these OPs, situated along the Lebanon/Israeli border, OGL (Observer Group Lebanon) observers would observe and report violations of the Israel/Lebanon Armistice Agreement. OGL, a multinational United Nations peacekeeping force was a unit of UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organization) under the operational control of Force Commander UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon).