East Timor
Subtitle: A Memoir of the Negotiations for Independence
Contributors: Rusty Fischer (Editor)
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: March 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780786415717
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Asian studies; Colonization & independence; Other prose: from c 1900 -; History; Autonomy and independence movements; History - General History; United Nations; History: World; East Timor; Indonesia; Portugal; History & Theory - General; Asia - Southeast Asia; Autonomy and independence move; Europe - Spain & Portugal
Description: "This is the memoir of Jamsheed Marker, Personal Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for East Timor, who was responsible for keeping the United Nations' and Kofi Annan's ideals at the forefront of the East Timor negotiations between Portugal and Indonesia. He tells the story, including all of the setbacks, false hopes, violent failures and glimmers of hope, of the United Nations' involvement that brought about the international agreements enabling East Timor to go from being a colony to being an independent, democratic nation."--Jacket.