International resolution
Security Council resolution 384 on East Timor, 1975
The Security Council recognised East Timor’s right to self-determination and independence and called on Indonesia to withdraw its forces.
What happened
Acting unanimously, the Council recognised the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determination and independence, deplored the intervention of Indonesia’s armed forces and called on Indonesia to withdraw all its forces without delay.[1] It followed a General Assembly resolution of 12 December 1975 to similar effect.[2]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: On 22 December 1975 the Security Council, unanimously, recognised the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determination and independence, deplored the intervention of Indonesia’s armed forces and called on Indonesia to withdraw all its forces without delay.
- United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 384 (1975) of 22 December 1975 (United Nations, 22 December 1975) link, preamble and paras. 1–2. Source record
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Claim: On 12 December 1975, in resolution 3485 (XXX), the General Assembly called on Indonesia to desist from further violation of the territorial integrity of Portuguese Timor and to withdraw its armed forces without delay.
- Lloyd, Grayson J., The diplomacy on East Timor: Indonesia, the United Nations and the international community, Out of the Ashes: Destruction and Reconstruction of East Timor (ANU E Press, 2003) link, p. 77. Source record Quotes the resolution.