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Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor

The Asia- Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) 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:

  • Press release/statements following the order to ban foreigners from the conference
  • News articles following the Philipino ban of foreigners heading to Timor meeting
  • Letter to all the participants of APCET in Manila, the Philippines
  • A report from APCET by Charles Scheiner; History of East Timor; Resolutions from APCET conference; Speeches delivered at APCET

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Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor

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

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APEC prior to 1997

This file includes documents from prior to the 1997 summit in Vancouver.

Contents:

  • Protest against Anti People Economic Control
  • Linking trade with human rights at the APEC meeting - an open letter to the Prime Minister
  • APEC contact list
  • South East Asian NGOs forum on human rights and development
  • APEC plan
  • Response to the open letter to the PM by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Prime Minister announces bilateral development co-operation projects with Indonesia

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APEC 1997

Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was founded in 1989 and Canada was hosting the annual meeting in Vancouver in 1997. The President of Indonesia was attending and students were protesting his arrival.

This item contains:

  • APEC position paper for ETAN
  • Anti - APEC action network minutes
  • Stop APEC globalization people! (flyer)
  • House of Commons debates
  • Arrest Suharto campaign
  • Alatas confident Canada can ban
  • Citizen's arrest of Suharto
  • Groups will demonstrate at APEC trade ministers meeting (ENG/FRA)
  • Manila declaration and plan of action
  • Souham: the limits of free speech
  • Lunch with the dictators (leaflet)

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Aid Rights Linkage

Item consists of a press release, reports, project summaries, handwritten notes, and correspondence. The documents discuss Canada's economic aid projects and economic interest in Indonesia.

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Arms Embargo

This item contains articles and emails regarding the arms embargo on Indonesia.

  • Church, union leaders call for end to Indonesia sales
  • Sit-in ends in arrest for protesters
  • Canada to fund Indonesian military training
  • Canadian military sales to Indonesia; Indonesia's Military Regime; Canada's role
  • Jakarta pursues arms
  • Arms to Indonesia - the Liberal gov. is propping up a dictatorship
  • Groups to protest arms sales to Indonesia
  • Recommendations regarding the future of Canadian military goods production and export
  • Canadian arms flood world's war zones
  • Emails regarding Canadian arms sales to Indonesia
  • External Affairs silent on East Timor
  • Canadian arms sales to Indonesia condemned

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Arms Embargo

This item contains newspaper articles and paperwork regarding the arms embargo on Indonesia from Canada.

  • Participants in Canadian Arms Tour
  • Canada makes major military sale to Indonesia
  • Sale of military goods to Indonesia okayed
  • Canada considers closer military ties with Indonesia
  • Indonesian arms sales fuelling debate
  • Bill C-401
  • Export of Military goods from Canada - Annual Report 1994

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Bitter Paradise Press Kit

Item consists of press clippings, flyers, a press release, a synopsis of the film, and Elaine Brière's resume. It provides information on the release and reception of Ms. Brière's film "Bitter Paradise," including reviews of the film and promotional material as well as supplementary information about the filmmaker herself.

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Bata Boycott

The Bata Shoe Company, in Toronto, had two factories in Indonesia. ETAN had urged them to remove their factories and began planning a boycott of Bata shoes.

This item includes:

  • The Annex Echo: Walk a Mile in these shoes
  • A letter to Mr. Bata
  • Action proposal
  • Boycott Bata Shoes flyer
  • Free East Timor, Boycott Bata Shoes flyer
  • "Protesters disrupt opening of Bata Shoe Museum"

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Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue

The Canadian government and the Indonesian government sign a joint declaration (included) which states that "determined to broaden relations and enhance mutual confidence and understanding." This is alarming for ETAN.

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Bitter Paradise

Flyers introducing 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Horta Ramos and the premiere of Elaine Brière's film "Bitter Paradise: The Sell-Out of East - Timor" in Toronto, CA.

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Elaine Briere 1997

Item contains press clippings, handwritten notes, telephone bills, and a poster for the opening of an art exhibition. The documents date from 1991, 1996, and 1997 and relate to photographer and activist Elaine Briere.

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Canadian Universities aid to Indonesia

Multiple Canadian Universities were sending monetary aid to Indonesia for various projects in the country. A newspaper article was published by the Varsity of the University of Toronto expressing their distaste with the aid being sent to Indonesia.

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Round Table on East Timor: Intervention by the Catholic Institute for International Relations

Item provides information and proposals related to Canada's development strategies in Indonesia, stemming from a Round Table on East Timor held in Ottawa, February 22, 1999. The document was compiled by Milena Pires and Catherine Scott, Asia Policy Officers for the Catholic Institute for International Relations.

Contents:

  1. Piece-meal, a-political approach
  2. Lack of Coordination
  3. Gender-Blind

Proposals in relation to 1,2&3 above, for discussion

  1. Holistic Approach to Development & Peace Making
  2. a) A donor's forum b) Support for an East Timorese Development Department
  3. Gender-Sensitive Development Work, Peace-Making & Institution-Building

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Campaigns 1997

Item consists primarily of correspondence between ETAN Canada members discussing their activities for 1997. It also consists of a statement by the Canadian Delegation for the Consultative Group for Indonesia, minutes from a meeting between PET-Canada and Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy, information regarding Sharon Scharfe's publication "Complicity: Human Rights and Canadian Foreign Policy," and an account of a visit to Indonesia by Sharon Scharfe.

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Chan

Item consists mainly of press clipping, correspondence, reports, and handwritten notes pertaining to the Honourable Raymond Chan's involvement in the East Timor solidarity movement, from about 1993 to 2000.

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Church Support

Item consists of correspondence and handwritten notes from 1989 and 1996 relating to the Church support for the Timorese struggle for independence.

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DFAIT Consultations 1999

Item consists primarily of reports discussing human rights violations in East Timor from about 1986 to 1999. It includes reports of consultations between the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and Canadian Human Rights Non-Governmental Organizations. It also includes a report from the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee, the 1998 annual report of Human Rights Violations in East Timor produced by the East Timor Human Rights Centre, and a presentation given by Canadian Action for Indonesia and East Timor (CAFIET) to the NGO Consultations on Human Rights in East Timor.

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Lloyd Axworthy- Department of Foreign Affairs, International Trade

Llyod Axworthy was the Minister of Foreign affairs for Canada during the 90s. In 1997, he visited Jakarta, Indonesia and held discussions with President Soharto about the importance of human rights.
This item contains:

  • Authorization of multinational force for East Timor
  • Letter by Worthy regarding Canada's role in Timor following the elections
  • Canada, Indonesia and Human rights
  • Press release: Axworthy in the Footsteps of Mandela?
  • News release: Axworthy urged to stop military sales to Indonesia and to meet with jailed East Timorese resistance leader in Jakarta

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