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The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969 - The Anatomy of Betrayal (Paperback)
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The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969 - The Anatomy of Betrayal (Paperback)
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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 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 administration from the Dutch before transferring
control to Indonesia in 1963. After five years of Indonesian rule,
a UN team returned to West Papua to monitor and endorse a
controversial act of self-determination that resulted in a
unanimous vote by 1022 Papuan 'representatives' to reject
independence. Despite this, the issue is still very much alive
today as a crisis-hit Indonesia faces continued armed rebellion and
growing calls for freedom in West Papua.
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