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This article analyzes the development of a large population of displaced persons resulting from violence in East Timor. The article discusses how various attempts at controlling the flight of people from East Timor into the mountains or to other nations has resulted in violence & destruction of property & loss of life. The article also discusses the economic impact of such a large proportion of internally displaced persons moving about in an economically underdeveloped country. The article offers solutions to the problem & an analysis of legal approaches to independence for East Timor. 1 Table. E. Miller

Explores events leading up to East Timorese independence from Indonesia, focusing on changes in Australian foreign policy and UN peacekeeping intervention; 3 articles. Australian Prime Minister Howard's diplomacy, the so-called "Howard doctrine" of 1999, Australian intelligence agencies, and political, economic, and social challenges facing East Timor.

Argues that the 1999 international military intervention in East Timor was strikingly different from the international intervention in Kosovo during the same year. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervened in Kosovo over the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's claim to sovereignty that NATO insisted it would continue to recognize. In contrast, although Indonesia's claim to sovereignty over East Timor was not recognized by the UN, the international community claimed Indonesia's consent was necessary for intervention. Attention is called to the extreme suffering of the people of East Timor during the years of non-intervention; Indonesia's resistance to any international security presence in East Timor; & Indonesian President B.J. Habibie's decision to allow the East Timorese to choose between autonomy within Indonesia or independence. The violence that erupted after the ballot prompted criticisms that Australia, the US, & the UN should have exerted more pressure on Indonesia to accept an international force to maintain security in East Timor. Further contrasts between the East Timor & Kosovo interventions are pointed out along with their implications for humanitarian interventions. J. Lindroth