Indonesia: Anticolonialism Identity
Thanks to the struggle of Sjahrir and his friends at the UN Security Council, what was legally recognized as the Republic of Indonesia was all the territory of the former Dutch East Indies without exception.
Linda Christanty
On 14 August 1947 Indonesia was successfully recognized as a state and had a legal standing as a party in the conflict against the Netherlands. This legal standing was recognized by the United Nations and has not changed to this day, that Indonesia existed before the Dutch came on 26 June 1596. The Dutch gradually seized Indonesia, which fought to proclaim its independence over all its territory.
The series of events that followed and the claim of the Indonesian ambassador, Sutan Sjahrir, of Indonesia as a state was passed by the UN Security Council and became the legal standing of Indonesia based on international law in disputes against the Dutch state. Sjahrir's genius changed the meaning of all political-legal contracts made by the Dutch colonials with any political entity and consequences, giving a foundation to the Republic of Indonesia to act politically, legally and militarily to this day.