POLS 1500 Chapter 25: POLS 1500 – Chapter 25

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1500
• Professor: Andrea Paras

Document Summary

Intervening for humanity: during the 90s, the question what can we do to stop people harming others" was discussed in terms of the legitimacy of humanitarian intervention. In 2001, a significant shift in this debate was signaled with the publication of a report by the international commission on intervention and state sovereignty (iciss) entitled the responsibility to protect. In 1960, the un general assembly placed timor on its list of non-self-governing territories, with portugal as the administering power: following the leftist overthrow of portugal"s authoritarian government in. Australian governments: this support was motivated by issues of regional security, concern that an independent timor might align itself with china and, in the case of. Australia, the desire to secure access to timor sea oil and gas: the un condemned indonesia"s aggression and continued to recognize. Portugal as the administering authority over the territory: the result was the 1989 conclusion of the timor gap treaty with.