East Timor

The late Jamsheed Marker was a former special adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations in New York City and a former diplomat-in-residence at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. He divided his time between Karachi and New York.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why Me?      1. Why East Timor?      2. Getting Acquainted: People, Places and Perceptions,Part I (Lisbon: March through July 1997)      3. Getting Acquainted: People, Places and Perceptions,Part II (Jakarta: March through July 1997)      4. East Timor (March through July 1997)      5. The Negotiations Commence (March through August 1997)      6. The Consultations Widen(Geneva, Pretoria, Vienna, and London: August through November 1997)      7. Coming to Grips: The Negotiations Intensify(Indonesia and East Timor: December 1997; Portugal: January 1998; London: April 1998)      8. Negotiations Continue in the Shadow of Indonesia’s Summer of Discontent (New York and Washington:April and May 1998)      9. The Second Innings: Indonesia in Transit and Tumult(New York, Lisbon, Jakarta, and East Timor: June and July 1998)      10. The Doctor’s Dilemma: The Negotiations Intensify, but So Does the Conflict(New York, Vienna, and Lisbon: October and November 1998)      11. Sailing into the Squall(Indonesia and East Timor: December 1998)      12. A Dramatic Decision, and an Opportunity Seized(New York: January and February 1999)      13. Substantive Progress in Negotiations in New York; Ominous Signals from East Timor(New York, Jakarta, and East Timor: February to April 1999)      14. Agreement Between the Republic of Indonesia and the Portuguese Republic(New York: April and May 1999)      15. UNAMET and the Arduous Path to the Ballot(New York, Jakarta, Dili, Sydney, and Canberra: May to July 1999)      16. The Popular Consultation in East Timor: The Ballot(New York, Jakarta, and Dili: July and August 1999)      17. The Aftermath of the Ballot(Dili, Jakarta, and New York: August 31 to October 31, 1999)      18. A Review, and Some Reflections      Epilogue      Index

“East Timor’s story is a dramatic one, and few are better able to tell it than Marker, the U.N. special envoy who steered the tense negotiations...an inspiring account of how courageous leaders, a determined population and strong U.N. involvement overcame huge obstacles to create a democratic nation”—St. Petersburg Times.