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JULY
2001 NEWS, ARTICLES & REPORTS
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These collections have been up-dated in the past week:
Reconstruction
and 'Aid & Development'
Rekonstrusaun
i 'Ajuda i Dezenvolvimentu'
Reconstrução
e 'Ajuda e Desenvolvimento' Updated July 29
Peoples'
Participation
Participação
Dos Povos Updated July 26
East
Timor National NGO Forum
Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e
LSM-LSM
Timor Loro Sa’e Updated July 29
Capacity
Building & 'Timorisation'
à
Criação de Capacidades Updated July 29
Financing
Reconstruction
Fundu
Ba Rekonstrusaun
Bantu
uang: Rékonstruksi Updated July 29
Timor
Oil
Mina
iha Timor Gap
O
Petróleo do Mar de Timor
Le
pétrole de la Mer de Timor Updated July 29
'Refugees'
& Missing Persons
'Refugiados'
e Desaparecido
'Réfugiés'
ou Déplacés Updated July 29
Women's
Issues
Perempuan
Timor Lorosa’e Updated July 28
FRETILIN
- Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
Frente
Revolucionária do Timor Leste Independente
Front
Revolusi Kemerdekaan Timor Timur Updated July
26
Military
and political aid to Indonesia
Apoiu
militar, politika no diplomata ba Indonesia Updated July
26
Calls
for International War Crimes Tribunal
Demande
la tribunal pénal international Updated July 28
Sexual
Violence as a weapon of war
Estraga
feto / Perkosaan Updated July 26
Pro-autonomy
Political Parties & Movements
Pró
autonomia Partidos políticos e Movimentos
Partai
pendukung otonomi Updated July 26
National
Council of Timorese Resistance
Conselho
Nacional de Resistência Timorense (CNRT)
Badan
Nasional Perlawanan Timor Timur Updated July 26
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July
2001 LHB: The United Nations: Aiding or Undermining a Resolution of the
Refugee Crisis? Editorial added July 29
"But during this transitional period,
UNTAET and the governments of the world have a different role: they must
use their leverage, including whatever pressure the international community
can muster, “to ensure the safe return of refugees and displaced persons.”
... one-tenth of the East Timorese population is still under occupation.
In 1975 and in 1999 the international community failed to enforce its strong
words with actions, and East Timorese people died. It must not happen a
third time. -- Time is running out." La'o
Hamutuk: East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
July
2001 LHB: Reconstruction & Transition: What are the Next Steps?
Bulletin added July 29
"This Bulletin looks at different perspectives
on the reconstruction and transition — that of the World
Bank and UNTAET and that of the East Timor
NGO Forum — in the context of the recently concluded donors’ meeting
in Canberra, Australia. Given the intensifying “Timorization”
of the territory’s administration and the current planning for the “post-UNTAET”
era, these evaluations and recommendations are especially important." La'o
Hamutuk: East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
Jul
27 JSMP Comments to the Sergio Lobo interlocutory appeal
Comments added July 28
"Panel A of the Dili District Court decided
to conditionally release Dr Sergio Lobo, ... from detention in Becora prison
and place him under house detention until his forthcoming trial. ... JSMP
is concerned that this interlocutory decision has the potential to seriously
undermine the equally important rights of the victims of crime and violates
international human rights law aimed at ensuring the safety and security
of every person. Furthermore, the decision seems to reveal a prejudicial
attitude, even within the justice system, against respect for women’s
rights in East Timor." Judicial System Monitoring
Programme news service
Jul
25 CMT: Statement of Concern Regarding the Appeal Hearing
Statement added July 28
"We are extremely disappointed by today’s
decision of the High Panel of Judges in District Dili Court to overturn
the temporary detention of the accused Dr. Sergio Lobo. The reasoning for
the judgement presented by the judges as well as by the defense for the
release of Sergio Lobo does not point to concern for justice for the victim,
GG. Ernawati." The Court Monitoring Team: Fokupers
(the East Timorese Women’s Communication Forum) ; Legal Aid Team of
Ukun Rasik An
Jul
25 IFET: Scheiner: No IFET-OP 2001 observer project Letter
added July 26
"A number of people from around the world
have asked if the International Federation for East Timor (IFET) is going
to organize an observer project for the upcoming August 30 constituent
assembly election in East Timor, as we did for the referendum two years
ago. Based on advice from East Timorese
NGOs, on our capacity, and on our assessment of the current situation,
we will not be organizing such a project. ... This is a decision based
on priorities and resources, not on principle. ... We reached this decision
reluctantly, after discussions with La’o Hamutuk,
Yayasan
Hak, and other East Timorese NGOs." Charles
Scheiner, U.N. Representative,
International
Federation for East Timor (IFET)
Jul
24 Yayasan HAK: Serious Concerns re Judicial Independence under UNTAET
Paper added July 26
" ... in order for the transition to be
a meaningful one, the foundations must be laid to ensure that national
democratic institutions can perform the checks and balances required for
any healthy and vigorous democracy. The establishment of such local institutions
capable of upholding democratic values is particularly critical for East
Timor to redress the oppression experienced under decades of colonial rule.
Securing the basis for an independent judiciary is indispensable in this
a historical context. It is only then that the East Timorese can start
to overcome a past legacy of impunity and cultivate a culture of the rule
of law where the people can trust and rely on the judiciary for the full
protection and realisation of their rights. In light of the importance
and urgency of this matter we would urge you to raise your concern on this
matter with the Transitional Administrator and encourage his administration
to act in accordance with international human rights law and democratic
principles." Aniceto Guterres Lopes, Director, Yayasan
HAK
Jul
24 IHT: Gareth Evans: Indonesia's Military Culture Has to Be Reformed
Article added July 25
“I am one of those who has to acknowledge,
as Australia’s foreign minister at the time, that many of our earlier training
efforts helped only to produce more professional human rights abusers.”
Gareth Evans, Australia’s foreign minister from 1988 to 1996, President
of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group
July
23 IHRN Urges New Indonesian President to Curtail Military and Police Abuses
Release added July 26
"The Indonesia Human Rights Network urges
Megawati to do everything in her power to put an end to military and police
violence, and to work to establish a judiciary with the authority, capacity
and support to bring those responsible for human rights
violations to justice," Megan Walsh, The
Indonesia Human Rights Network (IHRN)
"IHRN urges the U.S. government to uphold
its commitment to genuine reform by maintaining all current restrictions
on military assistance and refraining from police
assistance to Indonesia until the most basic human rights of people throughout
the archipelago are respected," Lynn Fredriksson,
The
Indonesia Human Rights Network (IHRN)
Jul
23 TAPOL: Prospects for Human Rights in Indonesia Release
added July 24
"The installation today of Megawati Sukarnoputri
as president of Indonesia confronts civil society and the human rights
community in Indonesia with new challenges, ... The commitment of Indonesia’s
new president to reform remains to be seen. Her close ties with the military
do not augur well for the upholding of human rights, for a peaceful solution
to the conflicts in West Papua and Aceh and for the restoration of the
rule of law. Far from being able to take such an agenda forward, she may
soon find herself mired in the same snake-pit of political intrigue that
brought her predecessor down. The struggle for human rights in Indonesia
is likely to become even more difficult in the months and years to come."
TAPOL,
the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign
Jul
21 AGE: The lessons of East Timor Editorial added July
24
"It appears this link [with Indonesia]
was as much overvalued as the power of global public opinion - which helped
make InterFET possible - was undervalued. Even this week, Mr Downer [Australia's
Foreign Minister] failed to explain satisfactorily what such “diplomatic
pragmatism” achieved. Australia’s work in East Timor is atoning to some
extent for past errors and omissions. It can do more, by releasing intelligence
records, which it was previously reluctant to acknowledge, that could help
convict those guilty of crimes against humanity. Atrocities in Indonesia’s
Aceh province are now attracting attention, and Mr Downer was more forthright
this week than in the past: “I say to the Indonesians, and to the TNI leadership,
you have to heed the lessons of East Timor.” Those lessons apply, too,
to Australia’s conduct of foreign policy." The Age Newspaper Editorial
Portuguese:
Jul
20 OTL: As eleições para a Assembleia Constituinte e os Partidos
Políticos Report added July 26
"As primeiras eleições livres
de Timor Leste devem realizar-se em 30 de Agosto. A sua organização
pertence ao Governo transitório das Nações Unidas
que tiveram de realizar o recenseamento da população e o
recenseamento eleitoral, registo dos partidos políticos e dos candidatos.
Mais difícil é assegurar a paz a uma população
que tem a recordação viva da destruição que
se seguiu os resultados da consulta popular organizada pelas NU em 1999."
Observatório
Timor Leste
Jul
20 ETO: Constituent Assembly Elections and the Political Parties
Report added July 24
"East Timor’s first free elections are
to take place on 30 August. They have been organised by the UN transitional
government, which first had to carry out a population census and an electoral
registration process, and then conduct a registration of the political
parties and other election candidates. However, a more difficult task is
that of keeping the peace among a population for whom the devastation that
followed the announcement of the results of the UN-sponsored popular consultation
in 1999 is still a vivid memory." East Timor
Observatory
Jul
19 Newsday: UN Is Weak-Willed in Fighting Genocide Article
added July 25
"During the 1990s, United Nations and
world leaders proved unwilling to stop crimes against humanity and genocide
in civil wars throughout the globe. The UN’s responses ranged from weak-willed
and ineffectual - Cambodia and the former Yugoslavia - to absolutely shameful,
Rwanda, East Timor and Sierra Leone. ... The Australian-led military response
[to end 24 years of Indonesian occupation] came after a thousand civilians
had been killed, 70 percent of the nation’s buildings had been destroyed
and 200,000 civilians had been moved to concentration camps in West Timor."
Peter H Maguire, author of “Law and War: An American Story”
Jul
17 IANSA: East Timorese Refugees in Militia-Controlled Camps
Article added July 26
"On June 6 and 7, the Indonesian government
carried out a sham registration of the refugees
in West Timor. ... The final results indicated that over 98 percent
of refugees wish to resettle in Indonesia, which contradicts the experience
of the U.N., other international and local humanitarian organizations in
the West Timor camps. Unless the international community rejects the registration,
and the militias are disarmed and disbanded, the plight of Juliana
dos Santos and many others will continue." Diane
Farsetta, East Timor Action Network
Portuguese:
Jul
6 Público: Aglionby: Austrália e Timor Chegam a Acordo Sobre
Petróleo News added July 23
"Díli recebe direitos sobre 90
por cento das reservas de Timor Gap. Timor Leste recebeu ontem um salva-vidas
de muitos milhões de dólares ao chegar a um entendimento
com a Austrália sobre a divisão das reservas de petróleo
e gás no mar que divide os dois países. Após 15 meses
de duras negociações, acordou-se que Timor Leste receberá
90 por cento dos resultados da exploração e a Austrália
os restantes dez por cento. Isto poderá traduzir-se entre 4 mil
milhões e 5 mil milhões de dólares (880 a 1100 milhões
de contos) durante 20 anos, a partir de 2004. A Austrália, por sua
vez, deverá receber quatro ou cinco vezes esse montante com a refinação
de todo o petróleo e gás, uma vez que não se espera
que Timor Leste consiga desenvolver os meios para o fazer." John Aglionby
Portuguese:
Jul
6 Público: Henriques: O Fim do Timor Gap News added
July 23
"Timor Leste receberá 90 por cento
dos resultados da exploração e a Austrália os restantes
dez por cento. Isto significa para Díli entre 880 e 1100 milhões
de contos, garantidos durante 20 anos. Mas a Austrália não
fica pior. Vai receber quatro ou cinco vezes esse montante, uma vez que
tem sob o seu controlo a refinaria de todo o petróleo e gás
proveniente das reservas. "O novo acordo sobre o Mar de Timor é
um bom negócio para Timor Leste e um negócio ainda melhor
para a Austrália", escreveu Galbraith (num artigo conjunto com Mari
Alkatiri, que detém a pasta da Economia) no diário australiano
"Sydney Morning Herald"." Francisca Gorjão Henriques
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Bahasa
Indonesia:
Jun
20 AID/WATCH: Proposal Microfinance dari ADB Article added
July 27
"Pengelolaan ADB (Asian Development Bank)
tentang proyek pengembangan Microfinance untuk Timor Lorosae adalah sebuah
pemahaman yang minim dan rencana mundur. Sewaktu batas kredit untuk Timor
Lorosae non profit credit union (koperasi simpan pinjam) diterima dengan
tangan terbuka, usulan dari Microfinance Bank merupakan sebuah lembaga
tidak mengakar yang bertujuan untuk mengenakan bunga yang sangat tinggi
dari "yang termiskin dari kelompok miskin" " Dr
Tim Anderson, Campaigner, AID/WATCH
Tetum:
Abríl
2001 BLH: Komentariu: Taxa iha Timor Loro Sa’e Comment
added July 24
"Situasaun Taxa iha Timor Loro Sa’e komplikadu
teb-tebes. Lei ba taxa nian hosi Indonejia sei la’o hela desde UNTAET hahú,
maibe la iha administrasaun taxa nebe la’o atu kolekta hosi vendedor no
individual sira, ... Regulamentu UNTAET 2000/32 konfirma katak laiha taxa
seluk ruma nebe tenke kolekta wainhira UNTAET to’o iha Timor Loro Sa’e.
... Prinsipiu baziku hosi kaixa jeral taxa nian iha fatin hotu-hotu mak
taxa tenki selu iha fatin nebe osan simu ba, duke hetan hosi rai na’in.
... Tanba empregadu ONU la selu impostu, miliaun nuluan dolar bar-barak
nebe preciza teb-tebes ba povu Timor Loro Sa’e mak la iha. ... Oituan liu,
UNTAET tenke suporta fo aten brani ba planu kontribuisaun empregadu oluntariu
hodi suporta governu nebe foin hamriik."
La’o
Hamutuk, Instituto Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitoring Reconstrucao
Feb
17 Conference on Sustainable Development a great success
Release added July 25
" ... sustainable development should be
the basis for planning and implementing development in East Timor. ...
The conference accepted for East Timor, the internationally recognised
definition that "sustainable development is development that meets the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs". Sustainable development addresses the linkages
between environment, economy and social well-being. ... [Recommendations]
included the key recommendation for sustainable development to be written
into East Timor’s Constitution." Conference on Sustainable Development
in East Timor coordinating committee
Bahasa
Indonesia:
Jan
25-31 KPB: Pembangunan Berkelanjutan di Timor Lorosa’e
Article added July 27
"Konferensi ini mengusulkan agar definisi
yang sudah diakui dunia internasional tentang pembangunan berkelanjutan
akan dipakai di Timor Lorosa’e, yaitu: “pembangunan yang memenuhi kebutuhan-kebutuhan
generasi sekarang tanpa mengurangi kemampuan generasi yang akan datang
untuk memenuhi kebutuhan-kebutuhan mereka”. Pembangunan berkelanjutan menjawab
keterkaitannya antara lingkungan hidup, ekonomi dan kesejahteraan sosial.
... Kemajuan hanya dapat dicapai apabila ada keberanian untuk mengambil
tindakan. Tindakan-tindakan untuk memulai penerapanpembangunan berkelanjutan
sebaiknya dimulai hari ini, dan sebaiknya tidak ditunda-tunda untuk dilakukan
suatu saat nanti di masa depan." Konferensi
Pembangunan Berkelanjutan di Timor Lorosa'e
Jan
25-31 2001 CSD: Introduction to Conference on Sustainable Development
Article added July 25
" ... the human system is an integral
part of the ecosystem. A society is sustainable only if both the human
condition and the condition of the ecosystem are satisfactory or improving.
If either is unsatisfactory or worsening, the society is unsustainable.
... The livelihoods of East Timorese people
depend on a healthy and productive environment. All people and industries
for example, depend on a healthy water supply. Agriculture, fisheries,
and tourism also depend on the environment. To meet people’s needs now
and for future generations, East Timor’s natural resource base must be
conserved and improved." Mr Jose
Lobato, Timor Aid
Jan 25-31 2001 CSD: Program for Conference on Sustainable Development Summary added July 25
Jan
25-31 2001 CSD: ETTA: The Natural Resources of East Timor
Overview added July 25
"Because East Timor has ruled by other
people for so long, the management of natural resources in this country
has not received serious attention. The result is that today there is widespread
deforestation and there are several species of bird and animals that are
threatened with extinction. ... Thus if we wish to develop a better future
for East Timor, the biophysical environment and natural resources of East
Timor must be given attention so as to avoid further destruction and to
repair environmental damage." Mario N. Nunes, Manger ETTA Forestry Unit
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(Selection of)
SYDNEY EVENTS:
Access
details of Sydney Events at:
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World Bank ACTION
Join AID/WATCH
in a creative action to challenge the development model of the World Bank
Contact: Melanie Gillbank AID/WATCH: aidwatch@mpx.com.au
ANA Hotel, 176 Cumberland St, Sydney
(The Rocks)
5:30pm Wednesday 1 August
AETA Fundraising Barbecue:
to raise money for Dr
Dan Murphy Clinics and Leichhardt Council Maliana Project.
Music & entertainment provided.
$10 donation
Details Jenny Denton (02) 9516-4275 or
Jeff Lee (02) 9500-1638
13 Albion St. Annandale, Sydney, (weather
permitting)
Sunday 5th August, 1-6pm
"Friends Of Maliana" Monthly Meeting
(held
first Tuesday of each month)
Details 9367-9047 or gailc@lmc.nsw.gov.au
Leichhardt Town Hall, Sydney
Tuesday 7th August, 7 p.m
From anti-capitalism to
revolution:
marxism 2001 conference
Info: phone 02 9261 4862 to register and
for more information or email marxism@iso.org.au
Guest speakers
include:
Rosalind Kidd, author of The Way We
Civilise and Black Lives, Government Lies, &
Indonesian academic George
Aditjondro on East Timor and the new colonialism.
UTS Markets Campus, Central Sydney
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 August
"Leaving the Crocodile" Exhibition:
The Story of the East Timorese Community in Sydney
Timorese artists working with the Liverpool
Museum
Principal Curator: Amanda Wise: email
a.wise@uws.edu.au
Liverpool Regional Museum, Cnr Congressional
Drive & Hume Hwy, Liverpool, Sydney
August 25th-December 15th
East Timor Film & Video Night
with unscreened videos/films
An AETA fundraiser. Details Andy 9960-550
andrewmcnaughtan@hotmail.com
Bookings at The Valhalla 9552-2456. $10
entry.
The Valhalla Cinema, Glebe, Sydney
Monday 27th August 8.15pm-11pm
(Selection of) CANBERRA & NATIONAL EVENTS:
Access
details of Canberra & National (Australian) Events at:
http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/ACTEvents.htm
Tetum (East Timorese) language course
Adult Community Education Program, CIT
Solutions
Winter/Spring Courses 2001 (Introductory;
Teacher Malcolm Watkins; Course code: LAN 2043; $180)
Direct Enrolment Phone: 6207-4441
Southside/Woden Campus, (opp. Woden Hospital)
Canberra
Wednesdays from August 15, 6-8pm x 12
sessions
Screening of King/Cavadini
documentary
film "Starting From Zero": Reconstruction in ETimor
‘ABOUT US’ program: SBS Television - Australia
Info: Mandy King & Fabio Cavadini
cavadini@tpg.com.au
Friday August 17th, 8.30pm
International Conference: “Politics,
Crime and Criminal Justice”
International Society for the Reform of
Criminal Law
Final day of the conf: Emphasis on East
Timor: Restoration of criminal
justice systems & development of international
criminal justice systems
Info: email: secretariat@isrcl.org
website: http://www.isrcl.org
Old Parliament House, High Court of Australia
& Rydges Lakeside Canberra Hotel, Canberra, Australia
26-30 August 2001
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