 A UN-sponsored referendum held in 1999 showed overwhelming approval for independence, but was followed by violent clashes and a security crisis, Australia then led a United Nations backed International Force for East Timor to end the violence and order was restored.While the intervention was ultimately successful, Australian-Indonesian relations would take several years to recover.On 12 December 1975, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that "strongly deplored" Indonesia's invasion of East Timor, demanded that Jakarta withdraw troops "without delay" and allow the inhabitants of the island to exercise their right to self-determination.