Funu: The Unfinished Saga of East TimorFirst published in 1986, this is a re-issue of 1996 Nobel Peace Price winner Jose Ramos-Horta's book on the struggles in East Timor and the world's indifference to them. With a preface by Noam Chomsky. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Childhood Memories | 5 |
Colonial Beginnings | 17 |
The Carnation Revolution | 25 |
Politics in East Timor | 29 |
My Meeting With Malik | 41 |
Portuguese FadoOur Tragedy | 45 |
Coalition and Civil War | 51 |
Betrayal | 75 |
Washington Pragmatism | 87 |
The Security Council Fails To Act | 97 |
The Games Nations Play | 125 |
The NonAligned Movement and Our Struggle | 159 |
The Good Offices of the SecretaryGeneral | 165 |
The UN and Human Rights | 173 |
SelfDetermination as a Principle and A Right | 179 |
Portuguese Inaction | 57 |
Indonesias View of East Timor | 61 |
Intervention | 69 |
The Quality of Mercy | 191 |
The Long March To Peace and Freedom | 207 |
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