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THE EVOLUTION OF PEACE
OPERATIONS MANDATES

shes between confl icting groups. led by the former Military Police after, the PORFPU proceeded to
The high level of threats and risks (MP) Commander of the F-FDTL, clear the mountain area where
faced during the police opera- carried out separate armed attacks the motorcade of the Prime-Mi-
tions can be perceived trough the against the President of Timor-Le- nister was attacked and extracted
sized weapons and equipment. ste (PTL) and the Prime Minister, re- his family safely to the capital.
sulting in the nearly fatal injury of
On August 26, through the UN the PTL and the death of MP Com- On the aftermath of these even-
Security Council resolution 1704, mander. The PORFPU immediately ts, following the PTL´s guidance,
the GNR Company move from response, managed to secure the the UNMIT tasked the PORFPU to
bilateral support to integrate the site and provided on spot medical ensure his permanent Close Pro-
United Nation Integrated Mission support to the PTL, which enabled tection (CP), under a complex fra-
in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). It beca- a subsequent evacuation to a Ho- mework integrating the UNPOL/
me the Portuguese FPU (POR- spital in Australia. Brief moments PNTL (territorial police stations),
FPU) under the UNPOL structure.
It was composed of 140 offi cers
organized in three Public Order
Platoons, a Support Platoon, a
Special Operations Section, an
EOD Team and a Training Team.
Not under the UNPOL structure
but integrated within the PORFPU,
the GNR counted with the support
of a Role 2 Medical team from
the Portuguese Instituto Nacional
de Emergência Médica (INEM).
By 11 February 2008, when the
country was reaching nearly two
years of progressive internal peace
and development, an armed group

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