During that period, an estimated 200,000 Timorese people were killed,
and human rights violations were widespread and brutal. Resistance to Indonesian
occupation was sustained throughout this period, perhaps most dramatically through
the activities of FALANTIL (Forcas Armadas de Libcrtaoyao Nacional de Timor-Leste
or Armed Forces for the National Liberation of East Timor) guerrillas based in the
mountains, but also through diplomatic activity by the Timorese diaspora, widespread
non-cooperation with Indonesian officials and clandestine resistance activities throughOUt
Timor. The UN condemned Indonesia's aggression and continued to recognize
Portugal as the administering authority over the territory. Australia, however, recognized
de facto (factual) Indonesian occupation of Timor in 1978, and through the
commencement of negotiations over maritime delimitation in the Timor Sea gave de
jure (legal) recognition to the occupation. The result was the 1989 conclusion of the