Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, 2003-

found: Work cat.: Counterinsurgency in a test tube, 2006(Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), also known as Operation Helpem Fren)

found: Wikipedia, Mar. 24, 2007:("The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), also known as Operation Helpem Fren, was created in 2003 in response to a request for international aid by the Governor-General of the Solomon Islands. "Helpem Fren" is Pidgin English for "helping friend" ... [an] international security contingent of 2,200 police and troops, led by Australia ... and New Zealand, and with representatives from about 20 other Pacific nations began arriving from the 24 July 2003.")

found: Australian Defence Force Web site, Mar. 24, 2007:Operation Anode page (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 (Pidgin English 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. They are: 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.")

found: Statesman's yrbk., 2006:p. 1465 (In July 2003 an Australian-led peacekeeping force landed to restore stability after years of ethnic fighting ... included troops from Fiji Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga)