The peacekeeping legacy in Timor-Leste: imperial re-encounters?/ Norrie MacQueen
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International Peacekeeping: Vol 27, No 1, February 2020, pp.29-34 (96)Summary: An internationally agreed referendum in 1999 which returned an overwhelming majority for independence was followed by a scorched earth withdrawal by Indonesia and extreme violence by its local proxies. Following a peace enforcement operation by an Australian-led coalition of the willing (INTERFET), the UN exercised effective sovereignty over Timor-Leste until its independence in 2002. The UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), according to its Security Council mandate, was to be responsible for the full spectrum of governmental powers, from security and law and order, to humanitarian assistance and capacity building for independence.
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An internationally agreed referendum in 1999 which returned an overwhelming majority for independence was followed by a scorched earth withdrawal by Indonesia and extreme violence by its local proxies. Following a peace enforcement operation by an Australian-led coalition of the willing (INTERFET), the UN exercised effective sovereignty over Timor-Leste until its independence in 2002. The UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), according to its Security Council mandate, was to be responsible for the full spectrum of governmental powers, from security and law and order, to humanitarian assistance and capacity building for independence.
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