The Asia- Pacific Conference on East Timor was held in May of 1994 in Manila. The goal of the conference was to bring into focus the Timorese's people's right to self-determination and consolidate its support network in the Asia-Pacific region.
This item contains:
New York Times editorials regarding the conference
An update from APCET including what other countries are doing in solidarity for East Timor
A proposal of a creative visual presentation popularizing the East Timorese issue to the Filipino general public
Message of solidarity to political prisoners in the Philippines
Second APCET conference in November of 1996
Thailand tries to muzzle APCET III (email correspondence)
Newspaper articles
Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor leaflet and documents
Item consists of correspondence and reports regarding the Darwin East Timorese Tetun School project from about 1989 to 1995. Many of the documents focus on support offered by Japanese allies for this project.
The Technical University of Nova Scotia awarded an honorary degree to the Indonesian minister of trade and industry. This file contains various newspaper article about the honorary graduate, Dalhousie University' support for the graduate and the distaste from Canadians and Nova Scotians regarding the honorary degree.
Barbara McDougall was the Secretary of State of External affairs for Canada who met with the Indonesian Foreign Minister in Seoul in 1991.
This item contains:
a request for the transcript of the complete meeting between Barbara McDougall and the Indonesian Foreign Minister.
a letter from McDougall where she says that she told the foreign minister of Indonesia that she was upset with the recent shootings in East Timor and she suspended the approval to the new aid projects to Indonesia
The University of Guelph was involved with a 37 million dollar project with the government of Indonesia. The project was called the Sulawesi Project. This project fueled controversy as Indonesia was not being punished for their human rights violations and continued to receive funding for various project.
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Various newspaper articles, including some from the University of Guelph’s campus newspaper
Handwritten correspondence to Elaine Briere and John McMurtry
The University of Guelph was involved with a 37 million dollar project with the government of Indonesia. The project was called the Sulawesi Project. This project fueled controversy as Indonesia was not being punished for their human rights violations and continued to receive funding for various project.
This item includes
Handwritten correspondence between Elaine Briere and John McMurtry
Newspaper articles
Correspondence between McMurtry and staff at the University of Guelph
Various documents about the Museum for Textiles in Toronto. The Museum of Textiles is a non-profit educational organization incorporated in 1975. This item includes
Brief presented by ETAN to the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. (1994)
Statement by Li-Lien Gibbons, ETAN (1992)
Statement by União Democrática Timorense (1992)
Statement by Jose Ramos-Horta, National Council of Maubere Resistance (1992)
This file includes documents from the Canadian Action for Indonesia and East Timor, a response from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (CA) and handwritten notes. Contents:
Vote on the options of autonomy or independence for the territory in East Timor
International NGO Observers for East Timor Consultation
The Asia- Pacific Conference on East Timor was held in May of 1994 in Manila. The goal of the conference was to bring into focus the Timorese's people's right to self-determination and consolidate its support network in the Asia-Pacific region.
This item contains:
A personal account of events and controversy surrounding the conference
Resolutions adopted at APCET
Remembering Dili
Statement to APCET regarding the implementation of the declaration of granting independence to colonial countries
A Powerplay Backfires (newspaper article)
Philippines decision to ban the entry of aliens that pose a danger to their country and a reply from ETAN
Canadian (Shannon Scharfe) faces arrest for attending conference on East Timor in the Philippines
Shannon Scharfe's statement regarding the arrest
Indonesia tries to suppress East Timor conference in the Philippines.
Foreigners banned from attending Asian Conference on East Timor