The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969: The Anatomy of BetrayalThis 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Background 19491962 | 5 |
2 Preparations for UNTEA 15 August to 1 October 1962 | 15 |
3 UNTEA 1962 | 27 |
4 UNTEA 1963 | 47 |
5 The first years of Indonesian rule 19631967 | 74 |
part 1 | 91 |
part 2 | 103 |
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The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969: The ... John Saltford No preview available - 2004 |
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Abdoh Act of Free act of self-determination Agenda item 98 Ambassador Annex anti-Indonesian April Assembly August Australian Biak Bird’s Head Brian British Embassy Cable campaign Canberra colonial December diplomat Divisional Commissioner Dutch elections External Affairs Fak Fak February File Free Choice Guinea Council Hague Hollandia Hugh Lunn Ibid Indonesian Government Indonesian military Indonesian officials Indonesian Tragedy Indonesian troops informed issue Jakarta January Jayapura journalist July June Kroef Luckham Malik Manokwari Merauke Mission Narasimhan Netherlands November October organised Ortiz Sanz Papuan Papuan flag Papuan nationalist Papuan police Papuan self-determination plebiscite political pro-Indonesian rebellion rebels Representative resolution Rikhye Sanz to Rolz-Bennett Sanz’s Sarwo Edhie SEAD Secretary-General September 1962 Series Sudjarwo Suharto Sukarno territory Thant TPNG UN’s UNGA Official Records United Nations UNRWI UNSF UNTEA Veur vote West Irian West New Guinea West Papua York Agreement