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
Barbara McDougall was the Secretary of State of External affairs for Canada who met with the Indonesian Foreign Minister in Seoul in 1991.
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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.
Bella Galhos and Bev Bedford of ETAN/Winnipeg, with effigies of Indoneisan president Suharto and Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien, Winnipeg, Canada.
In Canada, solidarity activists rallied to try to make a “citizen’s arrest” of Indonesian president Suharto at the 1997 APEC summit, picking up on the example of Timorese activists who had put their country’s struggle at the centre of the 1994 APEC summit in Jakarta. -Bella Galhos presents media with photos of torture in East Timor outside the APEC summit, Vancouver, 1997 (Photo: Elaine Briere)
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.
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.
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.
Gus Miclat writes a 26-page account of the history of the Asia-Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) called Breaking the Silence. This “scrapbook”, as it is referred to, offers a glimpse of the period in which the highly controversial Asia-Pacific conference on East Timor took place and years following the meeting.
Friends of East Timor - Western Australia (FOET-WA) (Australia)