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![[INTERFET flag]](../images/t/tl_ifet.gif)
INTERFET (International Force for East Timor) is merely a military
mission and it’s successor (known here as the phase III of the agreement
between Portugal and Indonesia) will have also administrative powers,
which INTERFET does not have.
Jorge Candeias, 20 Oct 1999
Wednesday Feb. 23, 2000, the U.N. takes
over military command of East Timor from INTERFET.
quoted by Jarig Bakker, 24 Feb 2000
In February this year INTERFET has gradually handed over military
responsibilities to UNTAET, the United
Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, a process marked
by a series of ceremonies which involved lowering of the INTERFET
flag, raising of the UN flag and “re-hatting” of military personnel (they
changed head gear to UN blue berets).
Jan Oskar Engene, 20 Feb 2000
On the image above I have assumed that the flag
is 1:2 in ratio and that the emblem is centered on the field.
Jan Oskar Engene, 20 Feb 2000
I do not think we should put much emphasis on the exclusion
of the exclave [Ocussi Ambeno] in the flag
design. INTERFET did in fact occupy it and control has been handed
over to the new United Nations civilian and military administration
which will prepare the whole of East Timor, including the exclave,
for the future.
Jan Oskar Engene, 20 Feb 2000
Photographs taken at the final transfer ceremony in Dili show
a flag identified as the INTERFET flag but different from the
well known one This flag has a green field
and at least one or two white stars (six pointed) in addition
to a golden yellow emblem (?) with an inscription. The flag was
folded in both photos I came across, so it is impossible to
describe the flag further. Associated Press reported that the
flag was handed over to Maj. Gen. Cosgrove, the INTERFET commander.
One guess — and only a guess — would be that this latest flag would
be the flag of the commander, another guess that there were different
flags for the zones that the INTERFET force divided East Timor into.
In any case we need better sources than news reports to get be able
to say something with more certainty about the flags of INTERFET.
Jan Oskar Engene, 23 Feb 2000