Defining Heroes : Key Lessons from the Creation of Veterans Policy in Timor-Leste
This study seeks to examine and reflect on the process, results and lessons of the efforts to recognize and assist veterans of the resistance in Timor-Leste. The aim is to document those aspects that may have value for other post-conflict settings...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/10526689/defining-heroes-key-lessons-creation-veterans-policy-timor-leste http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18918 |
| Summary: | This study seeks to examine and reflect
on the process, results and lessons of the efforts to
recognize and assist veterans of the resistance in
Timor-Leste. The aim is to document those aspects that may
have value for other post-conflict settings where nascent
institutions are attempting to wrestle with similar issues.
The paper proceeds in four sections. Section two provides
background and contextual information. Four themes are
covered: the development of veterans' policy in
post-conflict settings; the history of the Timorese
resistance movement; military formation and demobilization
under United Nations Transitional Administration in East
Timor (UNTAET); and, the predicament of veterans at the
reestablishment of independence (2002). Section three
documents the creation of veterans' policy in
Timor-Leste. In rough chronological order it focuses on
seven phases: the establishment of the veterans'
commissions; the registration of veterans; public
consultations; legislation development; recognition
measures, pensions and assistance, as well as some of the
key challenges ahead. Section four draws out some of the key
lessons of the Timorese experience, including both more
strategic and more operational lessons. Section five concludes. |
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