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Visit by APMP Chair to RAMSI - 12 to 14 August 2009
The Chair of the APMP, Tim Ford, has recently returned from a private visit to the Solomon Islands during which he had the opportunity to visit the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). The visit, which was supported by Defence and the Australian Federal Police, allowed the Chair to experience at first hand the various activities being undertaken by the Combined Task Force (CTF) of Australian, New Zealand and Tongan soldiers, the Participating Police Forces (PPF) comprising police from the 15 Islands of the Pacific Forum, and the other supporting components of the Mission.
With Australian Soldiers at the Maritime Forward Operating Base.
During the visit the Chair had the opportunity to visit a number of components and sites of RAMSI. He observed how RAMSI since 2003 has developed a cooperative partnership with the government and peoples of Solomon Islands to build a peaceful, well-governed and prosperous nation.
With PPF Commander Wayne Buchhorn and AFP Officers at PFP HQs.
The Chairman APMP also took the opportunity to brief Australians in RAMSI on progress with the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial Project which will erect a Memorial to commemorate all Australian past, present and future peacekeepers, including those serving in RAMSI.
AFP Agent Jeff McDonald and Royal Solomon Islands Police Staff Sergeant Emmanuel Malpurina display some of the unexploded ordnance from WWII collected for destruction by RAMSI .