| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 228 pages) : map |
| Contents |
1. Background, 1949-1962 -- 2. Preparations for UNTEA, 15 August to 1 October 1962 -- 3. UNTEA 1962 -- 4. UNTEA 1963 -- 5. The first years of Indonesian rule, 1963-1967 -- 6. West Irian 1968 : part 1 -- 7. West Irian 1968 : part 2 -- 8. January to May 1969 -- 9. May to July 1969 -- 10. The Act of Free Choice and its aftermath -- 11. Conclusions |
| Summary |
This book examines the role of the international community in the handover of the Dutch colony of West Papua/Irian Jaya to Indonesia in the 1960s and questions whether or not the West Papuan people ever genuinely exercised the right to self-determination guaranteed to them in the UN-brokered Dutch/Indonesian agreement of 1962. Indonesian, Dutch, US, Soviet, Australian and British involvement is discussed, but particular emphasis is given to the central part played by the United Nations in the implementation of this agreement. As guarantor, the UN temporarily took over the territory's administr |
| Notes |
Originally published 2003 by RoutledgeCurzon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United Nations -- Indonesia -- Papua
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| SUBJECT |
United Nations fast |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Papua (Indonesia) -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068061
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| Subject |
Indonesia -- Papua
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203221877 |
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9780203221877 |
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9780700717514 |
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070071751X |
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9786610156313 |
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661015631X |
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9781135785987 |
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1135785988 |
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9781135785932 |
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1135785937 |
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9781135785970 |
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113578597X |
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9780415406253 |
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0415406250 |
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