Timor Gap Treaty

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The Timor Gap Treaty is a treaty between the governments of Australia and Indonesia signed in 1989.

Indonesia moved into East Timor on August 27, 1975 after Portugal withdrew from the mainland because of internal strife. Although Australia public opposed Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor, it acknowledged its effective control de facto in 1978. Shortly thereafter, Australia announced its intention to begin negotiations with Indonesia over the ‘Timor Gap’, which signified its de jure recognition of that country’s right over East Timor.

Following the independence of East Timor, the treaty was rewritten and signed by Australia and East Timor in 2001.

[edit] See also

Timor Gap

[edit] Further reading

Francis M. Auburn, David Ong and Vivian L. Forbes (1994) Dispute resolution and the Timor Gap Treaty Nedlands, W.A. : Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies, University of Western Australia. ISBN 1863423451 Occasional paper (Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies); no. 35.
Dubois, B. (2000) [The Timor Gap Treaty : where to now? [ based on initial research by Monique Hanley and Kirsty Miller]. Fitzroy, Vic.: Community Aid Abroad, Oxfam in Australia. Briefing paper (Community Aid Abroad (Australia)) ; no. 25.
Robert J. King, “Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea, the Timor Sea Treaty and the Timor Gap, 1972-2007”, submission to the Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Treaties’ Inquiry into the Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea, March 2007. Downloadable at:

www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/6_7_february2007/subs/sub6.pdf