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Senator Sandy Macdonald visit to the Solomon Islands

10 December 2006

Operation ANODE is the name of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) contribution to the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). RAMSI's assistance is known as Operation HELPEM FREN (Solomons Pidgin for 'Helping Friend'). RAMSI's mission is to assist the Solomon Islands' Government in restoring law and order.

The military component of RAMSI comprises of personnel from five troop contributing nations: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Tonga. The main task for the military component is to provide security for RAMSI's multinational Participating Police Force.

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