Captain James Craig Dittmar, a United Nations Military Observer (UNMO) from Australia, sits ...

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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
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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).