Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands

Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands
	; New Zealand soldiers patrolling in 2009.
Date	24 July 2003 – 30 June 2017; (13 years, 11 months and 6 days)
Location	Solomon Islands
Result	Stabilisation of Solomon Islands
Belligerents
Solomon Islands Royal Solomon Islands Police Force; Participating Police Force Australia; Fiji; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Marshall Islands; Federated States of Micronesia; Tonga; Samoa; Vanuatu; Nauru; Kiribati; Tuvalu;	Nationalist Militias Isatabu Freedom Movement; Malaita Eagle Force; Other unorganised militias;
Commanders and leaders
Allan Kemakeza; Snyder Rini; Manasseh Sogavare; Derek Sikua; Danny Philip; Gordon Darcy Lilo; Nick Warner; Peter Noble; Sekove Naqiolevu;	Jimmy Lusibaea Harold Keke
Strength
Solomon Islands:; ~1,150 police; Australia:; 7,200 soldiers; 1,700 police; New Zealand:; 160 soldiers; 70 police	Unknown
Casualties and losses
	~200 killed, thousands displaced

The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), also known as Operation Helpem Fren, Operation Anode and Operation Rata (by New Zealand), began in 2003 in response to a request for international aid by the Governor-General of Solomon Islands. Helpem Fren means "help a friend" in Solomon Islands Pidgin. The mission officially ended on 30 June 2017.^[2]

^ "Solomon Islands at a crossroads as Australian-led assistance mission bids farewell". ABC.net. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
^ Wyeth, Grant (30 June 2017). "RAMSI Ends: What's Next for the Solomon Islands?". The Diplomat.

[Solomon_Islands-1] "Solomon Islands at a crossroads as Australian-led assistance mission bids farewell". ABC.net. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[2] Wyeth, Grant (30 June 2017). "RAMSI Ends: What's Next for the Solomon Islands?". The Diplomat.

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