East Timor and the great powers rule

Member states of the European Community between 1975 and the end of the Cold War espoused a similar attitude they issued vague statements on the East Timorese right to self-determination, but pointed out that the matter was 

1 Gerry J. Simpson, Judging the East Timor Dispute Self-Determination at the International Court of Justice, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 1993-1994, Vol. 17, 323-324. 

2 Government of Timor-Leste, Brief History of Timor-Leste. Available at http // timor-leste.gov.tl/ p=29 lang=en (accessed Apr. 7, 2012). 

4 Department of Defence (Australia) (2002) A Short History of East Timor. Available 

Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia Since c. 1300, Stanford University Press, 2nd edn, 1993, p. 301. 

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