East Timor has been on the UN's agenda for longer that many
other trouble spots. It went onto the UN's decolonization agenda
in 1960 when the UN General Assembly included East Timor on its
list of Portuguese overseas territories about which Portugal was
obliged to supply information. Portugal was, at most, only a
reluctant participant in this process; it resented international
discussion of its imperial affairs. Following the 1975
Indonesian invasion, East Timor has appeared on the agenda of
several other UN bodies. For the purposes of this publication,
the most important body is the International Court of Justice,
which is dealt with separately. The General Assembly The UN
General Assembly consists of all the UN member-states. It meets
for the last four months of each year in its ordinary session.
It adopts resolutions which are not binding on its members
(except for domestic UN matters). The General Assembly's 1975
session coincided with the de facto FRETILIN Government and the
subsequent Indonesian invasio