East Timor and the United Nations : the case for intervention / Geoffrey, C. Gunn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Myth of Indonesian Economic and Political Development in East Timor -- 2. Perez de Cuellar on East Timor -- 3. An East Timorese Reconciliation? -- 4. Appeal to US Asianists on "Death Squads" in East Timor -- 5. Australia, the Timor Gap, and the World Court -- 6. In Memory of Denis Freney, East Timor Activist Par Excellence -- 7. East Timor and the Japanese Media -- 8. Chinese Maps? -- 9. The "Blue Book" and East Timor.

In the forceful tradition of Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta's FUNU (Red Sea Press 1987), the present worl advocates self-determination for and the urgent need for UN intervention in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor. Since 1975, when neighboring Indonesia invaded and occupied this small Southeast Asian half-island, an amazingly creative and dedicated international community of activists has arisen over this question. Now, the Nobel Committee's award of the 1996 Peace Prize to Mr.

This, the most comprehensive collection of official documentation of East Timor published to date, bears eloquent testimony to the silent agony of the East Timorese people over two decades.