"I believe Australians are the best peace keepers in the world because the first thing Australians do is work the people out, become close to the people. They're not aloof. They're not a separate force. They become one with the ... Australian altruism. And then they find ways if there's roofs off houses....after work they put the roofs back on. They find orphanages where they can distribute clothes. We get involved. Whenever I've been on peace keeping with any other nations, if I've been in the other nation's vehicles people in the streets are sick of the UN. They hate the UN. They're throwing rocks at them but you go through in an Australian convoy and everyone is saying hey Aussie how are you, we love you. You know when are you coming back sort of thing because we work with the people. This is something the soldiers don't have orders to do. They do it naturally. No Australian soldier can ever stand somewhere guarding something without in a few minutes starting sharing their ration pack with the local kids that are starving. I mean it's the Australian thing."

GEORGE GITTOES, FILM MAKER & PAINTER