Peacekeeping in East Timor : : The Path to Independence / / Michael G. Smith, Moreen Dee.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Michael G.,; Dee, Moreen,
• MitwirkendeR: Vieira De Mello, Sergio,; Xanana Gusmáo, Kay Rala,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: International Peace Institute Occasional Paper Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 p.)

The UN intervention in East Timor amply illustrates the type of complex operation that the United Nations increasingly is being asked to undertake. Michael Smith analyzes the successes and failures of the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), which was designed to work in partnership with the East Timorese in guiding the country to independence following the 1999 vote to secede from Indonesia. Continuing the compelling narrative begun by Ian Martin in Self-Determination in East Timor, Smith gives a lucid first-hand account of a United Nations mission in the unfamiliar role of interim government—a mission dealing with critical requirements for good governance, sustainable development, and effective military and police forces. Evaluating the lessons learned from the experience, he highlights the urgent need for reforms within the UN. The absence of those reforms, he believes, will lead to more failed states, more refugees, more poverty, and more dead peacekeepers.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Map of East Timor -- 1 UN Intervention in East Timor -- 2 East Timor's Journey to Freedom -- 3 UNTAET and the Path to Independence -- 4 Lessons for Successful UN Intervention -- 5 Military Lessons -- 6 The Future -- Annex A Pro-Integration Militias and Paramilitary Groups -- Annex B UN Security Council Resolution 1272 -- Annex C Summary of PKF/UNMOG Force Contributions (as of December 2000) -- Annex D PKF Organization -- Annex E PKF Force Headquarters (as of December 2000) -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index -- About This Publication -- The International Peace Academy -- International Peace Academy Publications