East Timor in transition 1998-2000 : an Australian policy challenge / Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. - Canberra : Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade, c2001. - vii, 312 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., col. ports. ; 25 cm.

Annexes contain Australian Government documents, August 1998-4 September 1999, and United Nations documents, 5 May-25 October 1999.

Includes index.

1. The historical context -- 2. 1998: New possibilities -- 3. Habibie's offer: The historic opportunity -- 4. TNI and the rise of the militia -- 5. Negotiations for the popular consultation -- 6. Establishing the UN mission in East Timor -- 7. Approaching the popular consultation -- 8. The ballot and its aftermath -- 9. INTERFET and the humanitarian response -- 10. Restoration of the UN process and the path to independence.


Commonwealth of Australia 2001.

0642399468 (pbk) 064239945X (hbk)

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United Nations--Timor-Leste.


Timor-Leste--International status.
Timor-Leste--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
Australia--Foreign relations--Timor-Leste.
Timor-Leste--Foreign relations--Australia.

KZ4477.5.T56 / E19 2001