This file contains correspondence between various companies and Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien regarding putting a trade embargo on Indonesia on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Indonesian invasion. Includes newspaper clippings regarding ending the trade. Correspondence from:
Canadian Union of Public Employees
National Union of Public and General Employment
Canadian Auto Workers Union
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Public Service Alliance of Canada
United Steelworkers of America in Canada
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Book about the history of East Timor and Japan's involvement and responsibility in the matter. Table of contents (see below for original Japanese): • Japan’s Responsibility: Fretilin’s message to the United Nations • Chapter 1: Do you know East Timor? • Chapter 2: Details on the East Timor War • Chapter 3: Fretilin and the people of East Timor • Chapter 4: Indonesia and East Timor • Chapter 5: Japan and East Timor • Chapter 6: Each country’s response to the situation • Chapter 7: The end— What we can do about it Contains multiple graphs, the translated message of Fretilin to the United Nations, a letter from the Indonesian foreign minister Adam Malik to Jose Manuel Ramos Horta, and multiple pictures of the war.
Timorese president Taur Matan Ruak awarded ETAN/Canada with the Order of East Timor in 2015. Pictrued are former Timorese refugees and CNRM representatives in Canada Abé Barreto Soares and Bella Galhos with the Order of Timor-Leste medal, Dili. (Photo: David Webster)
This item includes various speeches by East Timorese youth ambassadors during the tour of America in 1993. It also includes a list of Abé Soares' relatives in East Timor.
Abé ho Aloz in performance. Timorese-Canadian duo Abé Barreto Soares and Aloz MacDonald performed numerous shows across Canada in support of the Timorese cause.