1st Edition
The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969 The Anatomy of Betrayal
By John Saltford
Copyright 2003
260 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Background; Chapter 2 Preparations for UNTEA; Chapter 3 UNTEA 1962; Chapter 4 UNTEA 1963; Chapter 5 The first years of Indonesian rule; Chapter 6 West Irian 1968; Chapter 7 West Irian 1968; Chapter 8 January to May 1969; Chapter 9 May to July 1969; Chapter 10 The Act of Free Choice and its aftermath; Chapter 11 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Biography
John Saltford works as a Southeast Asian Specialist in the Reader Information Services Department of the Public Record Office. He received his PhD on the United Nations and West Papua from the University of Hull.
'Ought to be required reading for UN officials and international law-students.' - Julian Evans, Times Literary Supplement
'Saltford provides us with a competent and carefully structured monograph about a shameful period in the history of the United Nations ... This is a book to be highly recommended to anyone interested in post-war politics in Southeast Asia.' - Journal of Contemporary Asia
