Official title: Timor Leste Contents: Pamphlet by the APPTL encouraging the necessity of a referendum so the people of East Timor could democratically decide their future. It contains motivational quotations from Xanana Gusmao and Mons. Belo.
Commission for the Rights of the Maubere People (CDPM)
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
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
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
A wide variety of Australian and international individual and organisational responses to the massacre – especially in the days following the events in Dili.
Includes records of formal Australian government statements on the massacre and records re NGO meetings with Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans. Also includes transcripts of Australian parliamentary debates and the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee (March 1992).
Statements and correspondence between Australian politicians and political parties. Also includes long David Scott paper on the East Timor Talks Campaign.
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
Item consists of biographical information regarding Abé Barreto Soares, including press clippings, correspondence, a flyer for a fundraising event in Australia, and two graphic photographs depicting nudity and scenes of violence.
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.
Item consists of correspondence, a transcript of an interview, a cover of an issue of the ACTivist featuring Bella Galhos, and two articles discussing her.
Largely English-language reports from Jakarta on media coverage and events under the name “Berita Timur Timor" (East Timor News) issued by INFIGHT (Indonesian Front for the Defense of Human Rights). Includes particular focus on Timorese facing trials for subversion.
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.