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UN Humanitarian Intervention in East Timor. A Critical Appraisal

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  • Ahmed, Nafeez Mosaddeq

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This paper is an attempt to critically assess the 1999 United Nations intervention in East Timor, including subsequent peacekeeping and administrative operations, in order to ascertain firstly whether the intervention can be categorized as a humanitarian operation, and secondly whether the intervention can be judged as a humanitarian success based on adherence to humanitarian principles. My thesis is that the UN intervention in East Timor fails dismally on both counts, in terms of humanitarian intent and humanitarian success.

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  • Ahmed, Nafeez Mosaddeq, 2006. "UN Humanitarian Intervention in East Timor. A Critical Appraisal," Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar, Entelequia y Servicios Académicos Intercontinentales SL, issue 2, pages 227-244, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:erv:ancoec:y:2006:i:2:p:227-244
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    East Timor; UN Humanitarian Intervention;

    JEL classification:

    • F54 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism

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