Peacekeeping in East Timor

The Path to Independence

Bibliographic Data

ID19903731
AuthorsMichael G Smith (0000-0001-8541-9625), Moreen Dee
Year2003
Publication date2003-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePeacekeeping in East Timor (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherLynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1515/9781685855161
OpenAlexW4366189961
ISBN9781685855161
LanguageEN
Citations received19

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

Archaeology · Geography · Peacekeeping · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance

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