Tetum:
Boletim La’o Hamutuk:
[PDF formatu]
Vol. 2, No. 3 Junho 2001
Fundu Monetariu Internasional
(IMF) iha Timor Lorosa’e:
http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/bulv2n3T.pdf
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Komunidadi Sira Servisu Hamutuk Article added
Oct 26
"Povu sira lolo liman ba malu atu hodi
husu makaas konaba kontrola hasoru desisaun sira nebe mak afeta ba sira
nian moris no sira nian hela fatin. Grupu servisu transnasiunal ida konaba
dezenvolvimentu, direitus humanus no meiu ambienti halao soru mutu ida
naran forum organizasaun non guvernamental wainhira iha sorumutu Banku
Mundial no IMF
nian. Grupu servisu ne’e hatete katak cidadaun sira tenki husu ba instituisaun
publika hirak ne’e atu nune’e bele diriji millhaun dolar bar-barak husi
rekursus publikus sira ida-idak nebe fo fiar ba sira ba dezenvolvimentu
nebe mak demokratiku, sosialmente justu no tuir meiu ambiente nebe mak
sustentavel."
La’o Hamutuk, Institutu Timor
Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitor Reconstrusaun
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Saida Mak Fundu Monetariu Internasiunal? Article
added Oct 26
"Husi ne’e, la halo hakfodak katak pratikas
IMF hakarak hasai agendas husi nasaun riku sira iha mundu nian, liuliu
atu hakiak nasaun kapitalista sira nebe mak fo ajuda ba “negociu livre/perdagangan
tak beraturan” no investimentu nakloke. Maibe IMF hetan kritikas husi organisasaun
dezenvolvimentu no NGO direitus humanus barak, nune’e mos hanesan husi
guvernu nasiunal husi mundu tomak. Espesialmente iha termus konaba “ajustamentu
estrutural” tusan nian, ema barak hare IMF hanesan haka’as desisaun sira
hasoru nasaun kiak sira, nune’e halo susar bo’ot ba populasaun barak."
La’o
Hamutuk, Institutu Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitor Reconstrusaun
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Harii Kapasidade Liu-Liu ba Iha Prosesu Editorial
from ETimor added Sep 21
"Konstituisaun
Timor Lorosa’e nian sei sai fundasaun ida importante tebes ba nasaun
independente. Prosesu ida nebe ema Timor Lorosa’e hakerek konstitusaun
mos importante. Ba ema Timor Lorosa’e mane no feto tenke partisipa iha
prosesu kritikal ida nee. Sira tenki iha informasaun no tempo halo diskusaun
no haburas sira nian hanoin / opiniaun"
La’o
Hamutuk, Institutu Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitor Reconstrusaun
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Lia Badak News from ETimor added Aug 26
Lia-foun no Kestaun
husi 'Boletim La’o Hamutuk':
Konsulta
iha Konstituisaun;
Partisipasaun
Politika hosi Feto; Traballadór;
Oecusse
Isolado; Bispo katolico Basilio De
Nascimento; Timorizasaun;
Nasional
survey konaba votantes sira nian konhecimentu.
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Lia Badak: Oecusse Isolado News from ETimor
added Aug 26
"Sira hateten ba hau katak [Ro-ahi] servisu
foun ne’e atu hala’o . iha 23 Maiu semana kotuk ne’e, maibe seidauk hala’o.
Ami kole ona hein bebeik. Ami mos preokupa katak kada bilhete nebe karun
teb-tebes US $10 kada bilhete para ba deit Oe-cusse, osan ida ne’e la’os
ema hotu iha Oe-cuse mak bele selu. Ami precisa solusaun permanente ida.”
Ana Paula Sequeira husi Conselhu Nasional representante Oe-cusse
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Lia Badak: Traballadór News from ETimor
added Aug 26
"Iha loron 1 fulan Maiu 2001, besik trabalhador
atus ida ho sira nia apoiantes hamrik iha UNTAET nia oin atu komemora Loron
Premeiru de Maiu. ... Wainhira UNTAET simu kritikas tamba la estabelese
lei servisu basiku trabalhador hanesan pagamentu minimu vencimentu ho mos
estabelecimentu oras walu loron ida Asaun ne’e fo oportunidade ba ema barak
bele fahe ho fo sira nian preokupasaun no experiencia iha servisu."
La’o
Hamutuk, Institutu Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitor Reconstrusaun
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Lia Badak: Konsulta iha Konstituisaun News from
ETimor added Aug 26
"Iha karta loron 18 fulan Abril nian ba
Peter Galbraith, chefe Departamentu UNTAET ba “Bidang Politik/Political
Affairs” no “Timor Sea/laut Timor,”
NGO
Forum oficialmente rejeita UNTAET nian konvite atu tur iha panel selesaun
ba komisariu konstitusional. NGO Forum mos reitera hanoin nebe fo
sai iha nia karta iha loron 17 fulan Marsu ba Konselhu Seguransa ONU nian
konaba planu prosesu nebe sei falta hela."
La’o
Hamutuk, Institutu Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitor Reconstrusaun
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Lia Badak: Nasional survey konaba votantes sira nian konhecimentu
News from ETimor added Aug 26
"Iha loron 22 fulan Maiu, Asia Foundation
(husi Estados Unidos) fo sai resultadu “nasional survey konaba votantes
sira nian konhecimentu.” Survey ne’e hala’o iha fin de Marsu husi working
group NGO Forum ba Edukasaun Votantes sira
nian, envolve mos ho intrevistas ho votantes potensiais iha districtus
13 iha rai Timor. Hatudu Timor eleitoradu sira senti positivu pursentu
75 ema ba hare ne’e hanoin katak rai ne’e la’o iha diresaun los no pursentu
94 hatete katak sira atu vota iha eleisaun be mai ne’e. Maibe resultadu
ne’e fo’o preokupasaun bo’ot konaba eleisaun."
La’o
Hamutuk, Institutu Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitor Reconstrusaun
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Lia Badak: Partisipasaun Politika hosi
Feto News from ETimor added Aug 26
"Iha loron 1 fulan Maiu, UNTAET sira nian
“Gender Affairs/Urusan Gender” Unit hamutuk ho Nasoes Unidas nian Fundus
ba Feto sira (UNIFEM) komesa halao treinu potensial ba kandidatus feto
sira. Treinu ne’e hala’o iha fulan Maiu nian laran to’o prinsipiu fulan
Junhu no fokus ba partisipasaun politika,
halo desizaun no konhecimentu baziku konaba oinsa bele sai kandidatu iha
eleisaun
oin mai hanesan membru konstituanti."
La’o
Hamutuk, Institutu Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitor Reconstrusaun
Tetum:
Junho
2001 BLH: Fundu Monetariu Internasional (IMF) iha Timor Lorosa’e
Overview added Aug 18
"Maibe kasian, labele hare IMF husi nian
pratika demokratika. Lahanesan Banko Mundial,
IMF la’os ativa an ba sosiedadi civil iha rai sira nebe mak sira serbisu
ba. Biar reputasaun idane’e, iha hanoin/harapan katak mos IMF sei hili
nian konseilheiru rasik hodi rona no hare partisipasaun ativa husi komunidadi
Timoro Lorosa’e hodi hadia estruturas ekonomika iha ne’e."
La’o
Hamutuk, Institutu Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitor Reconstrusaun
June
2001 IFRC: East Timor Diary (World Disasters Report 2001)
Excerpt added July 6
"That night on the way home from work,
I pass a ship the size of an oil tanker, dwarfing the palm trees. It is
the UN hotel. International staff serve, manage and cook. Food comes from
Singapore and Australia. It serves 600 guests, paying AS$ 150 a night.
Not a cent gets into the local economy. That is, if you exclude the shy
girls, sitting next to aid workers in their four-wheel drive cars. They
aren’t imported from elsewhere. They’re cheaper here." Kies Rietveld, a
medical doctor who has worked in Afghanistan and East Timor
June
2001 LHB: Dollarization & Democracy Editorial added
June 26
"Under pressure from the International
Monetary Fund and elements of the East Timorese political leadership,
UNTAET is intensifying its efforts to achieve what it calls “dollarization”—making
the U.S. dollar the sole currency of the territory. ... The potential
for inflation caused by dollarization is very real in East Timor. ... Given
this, what are the plans on the part of UNTAET and the IMF to protect East
Timorese—especially the poor who live on the margins— from the effects
of increasing prices?" La'o
Hamutuk: East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
June
2001 LHB: In Brief News added June 26
News and issues relating to women, Oe-cusse,
people's participation, elections, capacity-building. - BD
June
2001 LHB: Can East Timor Survive the Aid Industry?
Article added June 22
"They have come to help, with their 4x4
vehicles and consultants and experience of “helping” in Mozambique and
India and Honduras. The United Nations, the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, the bilateral
aid agencies, and international non-government organizations (INGOs) are
there by the score. They rent all the best houses for thousands of dollars
a month, and they pay high salaries—$4000 a month or more sometimes—to
skilled East Timorese, stealing the best people from already weak local
institutions, and ensuring that any skilled people returning from abroad
work for them. They are the international aid industry." Joseph Hanlon
June
2001 LHB: The International Monetary Fund in East Timor
Overview added June 21
"Unfortunately, the IMF [International
Monetary Fund] is not known for its democratic practices ... the IMF does
not actively reach out to civil society in the countries in which it works.
Notwithstanding this reputation, hopefully, the IMF will take its own advice
to heart and seek the active participation of the East Timorese community
in its work to shape the economic structures here." La'o
Hamutuk: East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
June
2001 LHB: What is the International Monetary Fund?
Article added June 21
"IMF practices tend to reflect the agendas
of the world’s wealthiest countries, primary among which is to create capitalist
countries that allow for unregulated trade and open investment. And it
is for such reasons that the IMF has come under sustained criticism from
many development and human rights NGOs, as well as national governments
throughout the world. Especially in terms of its structural adjustment
loans, many see the IMF as imposing policies on poor countries that create
great hardships for the majority of the population." La'o
Hamutuk: East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
Jun
30 JCCJP: Japanese church leaders oppose Japanese troops in East Timor
Position statement added July 10
"Most Japanese people want Japan to contribute
to world peace first and foremost by strictly adhering to its war-renouncing
“peace constitution.” ... The present government plan to send the SDF to
join a peace keeping operation in East is directly opposed to theses, the
fervently held wishes of our people. Furthermore, this newly planned dispatch
of Japanese troops to East Timor is particularly callous in light of the
Government’s refusal to this day to fully acknowledge, apologize for, or
compensate the army’s sex slaves and other victims of Japan’s occupation
of East Timor during the Pacific War." Japanese Catholic Council for Justice
and Peace
Jun
29 St.J: Young Activist Tries to Make Social Change Article
added July 18
“We’re training them [Indonesian government]
to repress their own people [through military aid] and that allows corporations
to go into Indonesia, ... People who try to organize to improve their conditions
get killed. ... I’ve learned that I can make a difference and change the
world, ... I think if you can make a small change, you can send out a ripple,
... In that small way you can even affect politics in East Timor.” Tristan
Vazquez, member, East Timor Action Network
Jun
29 FRETILIN Italia: Open letter to FRETILIN Letter added
June 30
"During the struggle of liberation a surprising
energy has been emanated from our people and this energy has to continue
to produce the propelling force that is necessary for the development of
the country. ... The well-proportioned development of the Timorese society
will be realized only within an economical policy that will dispense in
a fair way the wealth our country will produce. We have to avoid that a
without-laws capitalism lashes our people and our country." David
Dias Quintas Corona, FRETILIN rep in Italy
Jun
29 SMH: People to have their say - but so will the UN
News added June 29
"The United Nations has told the people
of East Timor they will be virtually self-governing from September 15 -
but that the UN will decide who will form the government. The head of the
UN administration in the country, Mr Sergio Vieira de Mello, appealed yesterday
to political parties to accept a government of national unity after elections
on August 30 for a constituent assembly, or parliament. He indicated he
had the right to appoint such a government, although he added that the
new Cabinet would “broadly reflect” the results of the elections." Mark
Dodd, Herald Correspondent in Dili
Jun
28 Asia Times: Madness For the US to Restore Relations with TNI
Article added June 29
"The Bush administration has approved
a restoration of limited military contacts with
Indonesia, while Australia wants to go a step further by signing a formal
security treaty. This is madness," Alan Boyd
Jun
27 STL: Xanana cancels trip to meet refugees in West Timor
News from ETimor added June 28
“On Monday morning, I received a call
from UNTAET Chief of Staff N Parameswaran who advised me that the situation
in West Timor was not conducive for meeting with refugees and militia leaders
to be held. He added Jakarta could not guarantee my safety,” former president
of CNRT Xanana Gusmao
Until
June 26 CIIR: Employment as Women’s Advocacy Officer in East Timor
Request added June 8
"The Catholic Institute for International
Relations is working on tackling the causes of poverty and injustice internationally
through advocacy and skillsharing. We work with people of all faiths or
none. We are seeking to recruit a Women’s Advocacy Officer two-year contract.
The post-holder will work on women’s advocacy with CIIR’s partners in East
Timor."
Jun
25 ETDF: Ruak at the Opening Session of the Defence Donors Conference
Speech added June 26
"We can now say that we have achieved
the structural transformation of FALINTIL into
a Defence Force as conceptualised last year.
From yesterday’s guerrilla army based
and inspired by the commitment and determination of our People and on the
courage and patriotism of its members who fought with conviction for the
liberation of our Homeland, we are now in the process of shaping a conventional
force." Brigadier General Taur Matan Ruak, East Timor Defence Force
Jun
25 From the former office of CNRT/CNP Letter added June
26
"As you are all aware, the CNRT/CN was
formally dissolved on 9 June 2001. Consequently, Mr. Gusmao is no longer
President of the CNRT/CN and the Office that was set up in February 1999
to assist his work has ceased its functions. ... We kindly request that
all matters addressed to Mr. Gusmao be, as from today, addressed to the
already
existing institutions in East Timor and relevant sectoral departments
within the East Timor Transitional Administration." Former Office of the
CNRT/CN
President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
June
22 SMH: And justice for all: Dili backs international war crimes tribunal
Good News added June 23
"East Timor’s de facto government, the
National Council, has backed the formation of an international
war crimes tribunal to prosecute leaders of anti-independence militias
and their Indonesian army supporters. The council voted overwhelmingly
in support of the tribunal and also endorsed legislation to establish a
South African-style Truth and Reconciliation
Commission. The moves were initiated by council member, Mr Aniceto
Guterres, East Timor’s best known lawyer, who also heads the country’s
Yayasan-HAK
human rights foundation" Mark Dodd, Herald Correspondent in Dili
June
22 McKee comment on ABC: Pipeline to East Timor? Comment
& news added June 23
"the debate over the technical and economic
feasibility of a pipeline to East Timor has been re-activated by PetroTimor’s
claim that they can construct such a pipeline. It is known that the East
Timorese leadership are aware of the benefits of a small diameter pipeline
... to bring gas from Bayu-Undan to the East Timor domestic market. This
potential project would enable the small country to have a secure and clean
source of energy ... " G A McKee,
oil industry consultant
Until
Jun 22 Jakarta detainees' letter to Alexander Downer Petition
updated June 16
"The following letter has been sent to
Alexander Downer, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
by the Jakarta detainees. If you would like to add your name to the list
of endorsees, please reply by email to asiet@asiet.org.au
before June 22"
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
Bahasa Indonesia:
Jun
20 Profil Organisasi AID/WATCH Article added July 21
"AID/WATCH adalah sebuah organisasi berbasiskan
pada masyarakat, tidak mengambil untung, melakukan kampanye atas keterlibatan
Australia dalam bantuan luar negri dan proyek proyek, program dan kebijakan
pembangunan. Sewaktu kami memonitor Dolar pembangunan, kami bekerja untuk
memastikan bahwa uang bantuan tersebut menjangkau individu, masyarakat
dan lingkungan yang tepat. ...
Kampanye
AID/WATCH: Timor Watch: Menyadari besarnya peran Australia pada
pembangunan di East Timor maka AID/WATCH telah memulai kampanye 'Timor
Watch' yang akan bekerja sama dengan Organisasi kemasyarakatan lokal untuk
memonitor peran dari dana bantuan dan agen pembangunan dalam proses pembangunan
kembali East Timor." Yoga Sofyar,
AID/WATCH
Jun
20 AFP: UN blames Australia for Timor Gap treaty delay
News added June 25
“some new issues have been introduced
by the Australian side and that’s making it more difficult. ... I think
they can be easily resolved on the basis of the text we had been working
on until just a week ago. But now, I don’t know. ... It will be very difficult
if not impossible for any agreement to be concluded between July 15 and
when the new government takes place after the election of a constitutional
assembly,” Peter Galbraith, political affairs chief, United Nations Transitional
Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
Jun
20 DemNow!: Interviews on Refugees, Justice Interviews
added June 21
"If Western officials wanted a truer picture
of the world refugee situation, and their own role in exacerbating this
crisis, they might go to Indonesian West Timor, where they could more appropriately
celebrate world hostage day. There, Indonesia continues to hold tens of
thousands of East Timorese refugees as virtual hostages nearly two years
after they voted overwhelmingly for independence." Democracy Now! interviews
Winston
Neil Rondo & Matthew Jardine
Portuguese:
Jun
18 OTL: Transição e processo eleitoral Report
added June 23
"o processo eleitoral progride nos seus
aspectos a dominante administrativos (recenseamento, registo dos partidos)
mas, nos domínios onde o papel dos Timorenses é ou devia
ser preponderante (educação cívica e eleitoral, mecanismos
de preparação da Constituição), o processo
emperra. Muitos funcionários internacionais parecem não aprender
tão depressa como Xanana Gusmão que: “a democracia não
se ensina, pratica-se” "
Observatório
Timor Leste
Jun
18 ETO: Transition and the electoral process Report added
June 23
"the electoral process is progressing
in terms of the administrative aspects (voter registration, political party
registration), but wherever the Timorese are, or ought to be playing an
active role (civic and electoral education, consultation
mechanisms for the future Constitution), the process becomes stuck.
As Xanana Gusmão has pointed out, many international officials appear
slow to realise that “democracy is not something that is taught, but practiced”
" East Timor Observatory
Jun
18 CAA-OA: A step at a time in East Timor Interview added
June 21
"The overall goal is to ensure active
participation—particularly for women—in the reconstruction,
development and political process. So some of the organisations we work
with are predominantly women’s organisations. ... We’re working quite a
lot on a women and leadership programme, looking at how legislation is
being developed, how to draft a constitution, why it’s important for women
be involved, why their vote counts, what they might feel is important."
Keryn Clark, Country Programme Manager, Oxfam
Australia (Community Aid Abroad)
Jun
17 Guterez: Is access to justice still dependent on position in ETimor?
Article and letter added June 22
"This [domestic violence] case seems to
be taking a long time to get to court and ... I feel justice may not be
done. With domestic violence being common here and Dr Sergio being a well-known
figure the case could be a big move to make it clear that domestic violence
is not expectable and illegal. Perhaps it is time for the international
community to voice their concern." Jane
Guterez
Jun
15 ET NGO Forum: Donors’ Meeting Discusses Key Issues
Final release added June 18
"The NGO community is still concerned
about the lack of clarity about future justice
for East Timor, and urges continued international attention on how
this will be achieved. It is essential for Reconciliation.
We would like to see an International Tribunal
as one of the options to be explored.”
Aderito
Soares, ET NGO spokesman on Legal and
Constitutional issues
Jun
15 ET NGO Forum: Economic and Social Development Issues
Comment added June 18
"Such a vision would need to include access
to appropriate education for excluded groups, particularly many children
and adults in rural and remote areas. With 64% of our women unable to read
and write, non-formal education is very important for them. There must
also be guaranteed access to schooling for girls so that education contributes
to more gender equity in our society."
Forum Nacional
ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
15 ET NGO Forum: Financial Sustainability Comment added
June 18
"NGOs believe that the East Timorese people
must direct their own development, This includes decisions around funding
particularly given that so many difficult decisions will need to be made
on spending priorities. NGOs promote the principle of decentralised and
participatory budget making as detailed by Emilia Pires of the NPDA."
Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
15 ET NGO Forum: Political Transition Comment added June
18
"Refugees: We
know that more than 90% are reported to have said they want to stay in
Indonesia. NGOs suggest that there should be an independent evaluation
of the validity of this registration process."
Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
15 ET NGO Forum: Administrative Transition Comment added
June 18
"there has to be a
strong focus now on capacity-building. This means international staff
must move into advisory positions with objectives and job descriptions
related to capacity-building. There should be performance indicators established
and monitored to ensure capacity-building is happening. Capacity building
is not just training individuals. It requires building policies and procedures,
and the development of a culture of transparency, accountability, and effectiveness,
including training on gender awareness for public services."
Arsenio
Bano, Executive Director of the ET NGO
Forum
Jun
15 AAP: Timor Gap talks on sharing oil, gas reserves bog down
News added June 16
“Being realistic, we are getting stuck
now on the three main issues, ... We’re still doing our best to have the
agreements concluded by July 15 or even before. ... We are very generous,
we are ready to give 10 per cent from 100 per cent of ours to Australia,”
Dr Mari Alkatiri, East Timor’s Minister for Economic Affairs
Jun
14 CSUCS: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 - East Timor Chapter
Report added June 24
"New legislation being adopted for an
independent East Timor will set 18 as the minimum age for recruitment.
The reintegration of child soldiers, some as young as 12, who were used
by both government and opposition forces during the conflict still presents
a major challenge. The abduction and recruitment of children by anti-independence
militia for the purposes of indoctrination has been reported." Coalition
to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Jun
14 IHT: Ramos-Horta: East Timor Is Worthy of Your Help
Opinion added June 16
"We want to avoid too much dependence
on oil and gas revenues, however. For this reason,
we greatly appreciate international assistance to help diversify our economy,
improve farm productivity, and strengthen small enterprises in manufacturing
and tourism. Economic self-reliance is the cornerstone of true independence."
José
Ramos-Horta
Jun
13 ET NGO papers for Donors’ Conference June 2001 Complete
text of Presentation [210 KB] updated June 16
"Includes papers on these topics: Justice
and Human rights; Constitution;
Women
(REDE Statement); Children and Youth;
Education;
Capacity
building; Health;
Agriculture;
Environment;
Water
and Sanitation;
Refugees."
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Justice & Human Rights
Paper updated June 16
"The only remaining option for the prosecution
of those responsible for human rights violations in East Timor currently
residing Indonesia is to establish an International Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunal.
The tribunal should be established on recommendations from, and according
to terms negotiated by the East Timorese people." Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Constitutional Process in East Timor
Paper added June 15
" ... we recommend that there should be
a greater effort to resource the consultation process for the constitution,
and the consultation needs to be extended beyond the elections for the
Constituent Assembly. Without significant change in the timetable, the
new Constitution should only be viewed as an interim Constitution, allowing
more time for broad based input and consultation." Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 ET NGO: REDE: Donors’ Conference: Women's Issues in East Timor
Paper added June 15
"All policy making must be done on the
basis of gender mainstreaming. The government must ensure that there is
a mechanism which guarantees the rights of women and gender justice in
operational funds. This must be done in parallel in the allocation of programs
which strengthen civil society and organisations within it which promote
women’s issues so as to ensure the effectiveness of advocacy and measures
to progressively bring about changes in the lives of women." REDE
Feto Timor Lorosa’e (Timorese Women’s Network)
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Children & Youth Paper
updated June 16
" ... initiatives for children have been
localised and small. The net result is that there is very little service
provision for children now. ... One of the main concerns for NGOs has been
the potential crisis that may occur when the international NGOs pull out.
Some of this has started to occur already. We are concerned that the government
does not appear to have made adequate provision either in terms of planning
or budgets for the large scale central government social care that will
be required." Forum Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e
/ The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Education Paper added June
15
"Education should be seen as the key to
East Timor’s future. ... We believe that it is vital for ETTA and donors
to listen to civil society views about the situation in education at the
point of delivery, so that appropriate strategies can be devised. ... We
believe that the potential for national and international NGOs to contribute
human and financial resources to the education sector has yet to be fully
realized. This is particularly true with the non-formal sector where civil
society organizations have a special contribution to make." Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Capacity Building Paper
added June 15
"Ultimately the challenge to donors now
lies in finding ways to assist the East Timorese to lead their country
into full independence and manage the demands that will bring. The East
Timorese do not want a culture of dependence to develop with donors. Instead
they want donors to work together with leadership within both the government
and non government sectors to build the national human capacity across
the country and across all sectors." Forum Nacional
ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Health Paper added June
15
"The pace of transition and the resources
required for an effective transition from the post conflict situation to
the development of a sustainable health system needs to realistic. ...
[East Timorese] NGOs recognise that sufficient time is needed to consolidate
and ensure the transfer of both management and technical skills to East
Timorese both within the DHS employed staff and other civil society organisations."
Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Agriculture Paper added
June 15
"Efforts to reconstruct East Timor from
ruins, including rebuilding the agriculture sector, are being made by UNTAET,
ETTA, and national and international NGOs, together with donor countries
and donor institutions such as the World Bank, the
International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank. However,
due to limited human and natural resources and some ineffective management
systems, these efforts have not yet yielded significant results. This is
very disturbing, because a failure to address the pressing needs of the
agricultural sector could eventually lead to social and economic instability
and increased environmental fragility." Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Environment Paper added
June 15
"Current environmental issues are inextricably
related to environmental management in the previous era. For this reason,
current environmental management cannot be divorced from the need to change
community perspectives, which have become unconsciously caught up in environmentally
damaging ways of exploiting natural resources. ... These challenges require
holistic and multi-sectoral approaches to environmental management, where
environmental issues are viewed as interdependent with other types of issues,
including how policy is formulated." Forum Nacional
ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 ET W&S NGOs: Donors’ Conference: Water & Sanitation
Paper added June 15
"Water and sanitation provision across
East Timor is still a right denied to many. An immediate manifestation
of this fact is the compromised health of communities due to both a lack
of water and the range of water-born diseases that are making an impact.
On a lifestyle level, the absence of a water distribution system is absorbed
almost exclusively by the labour of women and children,
as they are the ones who must carry water over long distances." East
Timorese National water and sanitation (W&S) NGOs
Jun
13 ET NGO: Donors’ Conference: Refugees Paper added June
15
""There are still tens of thousands of
East Timorese who fled across the border to West Timor in September 1999
and who are still waiting in the camps until they think it safe to return
to East Timor. Those of greatest concern to the NGO Forum are those who
fled from violence and crossed the border by force or in confusion. ...
it is an injustice that these persons are being denied the right to participate
in the East Timor election of 30 August 2001"
Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 ETNGO Forum: The voice of Civil Society calls the Donors
Statement added June 14
"Following consultation amongst the NGOs
in East Timor, the following are the key issues that national and international
NGO’s wish to draw to the attention of international donors:
1. Timeframe For Transition; 2. International
Tribunal; 3. Capacity Building As A Priority; 4. Involvement Of A Broad
Sector Of Timorese Society; 5. Monitoring And Transparency Of Reconstruction
Process; 6. East Timorese Must Direct Their Own Development." Forum
Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e / The East Timor National NGO Forum
Jun
13 CAA-OA: East Timor Donors must deliver Release added
June 14
"The international and national non-government
organisations in East Timor are calling for:
* A longer timeframe for political transition
– Donors are asked to support a longer time frame for popular consultation
on the constitution, so that East Timorese men and women can be consulted
effectively.
* A clear UNTAET exit plan – Donors are
asked to support clear a process for UNTAET withdrawal that includes transfer
of skills and capacity to East Timorese institutions.
* Long-term strategy for development –
Donor nations are asked deliver appropriate funding taking into consideration
the long-term needs of the East Timorese people." Oxfam
Community Aid
Jun
13 JUSTICE FOR EAST TIMOR Petition added June 13
"In the light of the above, we call upon
the international community to:
* Press the UN Security Council to take
immediate steps to set up an international tribunal to bring to justice
Indonesian military officers and others responsible for gross violations
of human rights in East Timor whenever they were committed.
* Ensure that UNTAET makes the necessary
structural and management changes to the SCIU and that it allocates sufficient
resources and personnel to the Unit so that it is able to conduct credible
investigations and prosecutions which take into account the systematic
and planned nature of the violence.
* Press the UN to provide greater professional
and financial support to inexperienced East Timor judges, prosecutors and
defenders.
* Make a commitment to support and provide
resources for serious crimes investigations in East Timor after the current
UNTAET mandate expires."
Statement endorsed by 45 Groups and Organisations
in Solidarity with East Timor from around the world
Jun
13 CAFOD/CIIR/TAPOL: British aid agencies call for justice in East Timor
Release added June 13
“Indonesia has prevaricated too long on
this issue. Jakarta does not intend to pursue justice for the East Timorese.
It is now time for the international community to act. An international
tribunal must be set up. Timely justice and the ending of impunity are
essential for peace and reconciliation in East Timor and for democracy
and stability in Indonesia.” CAFOD’s East Timor Programme Officer Catherine
Sexton
Until
June 11 Petition for International Tribunal on East Timor
Petition added May 24
Up-date: This petition is now complete.
See
who signed on!
Jun
11 Visit to see Tom Hyland, East Timor Ireland Support Campaign
Email updated June 14
"All this goes to show what one person,
or one small group of people, can do and what a powerful influence they
can be in inspiring others. In fact, instead of leaving Dublin early next
morning as planned, Gareth [Smith] and I stayed an extra hour or two so
that we could pen a letter of support to the Eire Government for the active
part they were taking in Europe and America to help the people of East
Timor. Then we delivered it personally to the Minister who had responsibility
to the European Parliament. The world can be a small place, can't it?"
Maxine
Jun
10 Univ: "The Joy that freedom Brings" Article updated
June 14
“That a small nation like ours, through
diplomatic efforts, can assist other small nations such as East Timor on
the road to self- determination is a deep source of pride for us all, ...
Our involvement in the affairs of East Timor did not begin around the Cabinet
table, or in Government Buildings, it all began in a Ballyfermot living
room, with a wonderful individual, a bus driver named Tom Hyland [co-founder
of the East Timor Ireland Support Campaign]" David Andrew, former Foreign
Minister, Ireland
Jun
10-11 SMH; AAP; Reut: News reports on activists detained in Jakarta
News added June 11
"About 100 people were at the meeting
when dozens of police suddenly appeared, ... They were bristling with rifles.
I was there with my partner, Peter Boyle, and four-year-old daughter, Zoe.
We just sat tight. They blocked off the exits and used a loud-hailer and
were shouting.” Ms Pip Hinman, One of the Australians detained
Jun
9 ASIET: Indonesian government reneges on Australians’ release
Release added June 11
"Thirty-two academics, Non Government
Organisation representatives and activists are back in police custody at
the Jakarta Regional Police Headquarters Intelligence Section, detained
against their will because of their attendance at a conference. ... They
have no information on what the government intends to do with them. ...
There will be vigils and demonstrations in cities around Australia at noon
tomorrow, Sunday June 10, outside Indonesian consulates and Garuda Airlines
offices to demand the immediate release of the conference attendees and
to condemn the Indoesian government and military’s crushing of democratic
discussion."
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia
and East Timor
Jun
9 ASIET: Jakarta police attack conference, detain foreign academics and
attendees Petition added June 10
"Urgent support is needed from all supporters
of democratic rights around the world following the June 8 police attack
on an Asia Pacific solidarity conference held in Jakarta. ... We are asking
all supporters of democratic rights to express their condemnation of these
attacks through protest faxes and emails to Indonesian diplomatic offices.
We also invite people to organise demostrations outside consulates, embassies
and offices of Garuda Airways." ASIET
(Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor)
Jun
9 Age: Xanana Gusmao warms to election bid News added
June 10
“The single most important issue for them
is who is going to be the president. And there is only one person they
all, with unanimity, want. That is Xanana Gusmao. For them, independence,
freedom, is associated with Gusmao, so a lot of people are worried he says
he is not running for president - many say if he is not running, they will
not bother voting. But I believe he will run,” Jose Ramos Horta, Nobel
peace laureate and East Timor’s de facto foreign minister
Jun
9 CNRT: Dissolution Declaration Statement added June 10
"I, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, President
of the CNRT/CN, declare that at five p.m., on the ninth day of the month
of June of the year
two thousand and one, the National
Council Of Timorese Resistance (CNRT/CN) is formally dissolved. Honour
And Glory To The Martyrs Of The Liberation Of Our Homeland! Long Live CNRT!
Long Live The People Of Timor Lorosa’e!" Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão,
President of the CNRT/CN
Jun
9 CNRT: Xanana's Speech on Dissolution of CNRT Speech
added June 10
"The process of building something new
from ashes is difficult. If throughout 24 years nobody was able to give
guarantees of when the war would end, and even in the face of all manner
of pressures, we fought on, confident that victory would come, today we
will redouble our efforts, our determination and that spirity of faith
and trust which united us always. Let us have faith in the future, a future
of improved life quality for all our people, but let us remember, too,
the need for hard work in order to achieve this goal." Kay Rala Xanana
Gusmão, President of the CNRT/CN
Jun
9 SMH: A long struggle is over, long live peaceful democracy
News added Jun 10
“But this is an event that happens to
most organisations. The reality is we have to allow the parties here to
now involve themselves in the political process of the transition. We don’t
want the CNRT to go on as an umbrella for every party. We want to show
everyone that we want to set up democracy in our country.” David Ximenes,
former CNRT head of security and veteran resistance
fighter
Jun
8 CT: East Timor leader 'frustrated' by lack of justice
News added June 12
"If you steal a bicycle in Holland you
spend a few months in prison. In Indonesia you kill three humanitarian
workers in cold blood, you boast about it on television, and you get 10
to 20 months, ... When a country, a government, a society, shrugs in the
face of such destruction, at the horrendous crimes committed under its
flag, its name, I can only say I pity, and I am afraid for that country."
Jose
Ramos-Horta
Jun
8 OCHA Consolidated Situation Report No. 27 Report added
June 10
"UNTAET, UNHCR and the CNRT
have just completed a two-month community-by-community survey in East Timor,
which indicates that 84,707 persons are missing." UN Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Jun
8 RA: Horta calls registration a farce News added June
9
"Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta
says an Indonesian poll this week to determine whether thousands of East
Timorese refugees in West Timor want to return to home, is a “sham”. Mr
Ramos-Horta says the refugees are too afraid of being kidnapped, murdered
and raped by pro-Indonesian gangs to say they want to go home." Radio Australia
Jun
8 UMNS: Refugees in West Timor face critical conditions
News added June 10
"Rondo
[Centre for Internally Displaced People’s Services in WTimor] believes
churches can make a difference in the crisis by advocating for action.
He and the East Timor Action Network, which
sponsored his U.S. speaking tour, are calling for:
· Pressure from the U.S. and international
community on the Indonesian government to disarm and disband the militias.
· Support for an international
tribunal on crimes against humanity committed in East Timor.
· Creation of a credible refugee
registration process with significant international participation and oversight.
· Adoption of a complete ban on
weapons sales, training and support for the Indonesian military by the
United States until these issues have been resolved." United Methodist
News Service
Jun
8 JRS: Timor alert Alert added June 9
"Preparation for the registration [of
refugees in WTimor] was a failure. The limited time, the lack of non-partisan
people to spell out the consequences of both choices to the refugees, the
lack of information material, all contributed to this. The only explanations
were given by the camp leaders or UNTAS
(militia-linked political organisation). Many people do not understand
what their decision means," Jesuit Refugee
Service (JRS) in West Timor.
Jun
7 ETNGO Forum: Donors Meeting must be for Rural People
Release added June 14
“It is crucial that those attending this
meeting do not merely discuss the political and administrative transition,
but also consider how rural communities can benefit from donor grants,”
Arsenio
Bano, Executive Director,
ET NGO Forum
Jun
7 ETAN and CIS urge UN to reject sham refugee registration in West Timor
Petition added Jun 8
"the refugee registration process conducted
by Indonesia this week must be soundly rejected. The United Nations and
the international community have accepted Indonesia’s hollow promises and
dangerous charades too many times and left the East Timorese people to
bear the bloody consequences. This time, they must do better." ETAN &
CIS
[the Centre for Internally Displaced Peoples Service in West Timor]
Jun
7 SMH: Fears over returning East Timor refugees News added
June 9
"Their presence in the camps would be
terrifying. They have been trying to keep the refugees in the camps as
one of their main political objectives. ... If, after the census, those
who want to come back are not provided with the means, they will be more
vulnerable than ever and exposed to those who have power in the camps,
the militias." Mr Joaquim Fonseca, East
Timorese human rights foundation Yayasan-Hak
Jun
7 AFP Australia slams release of East Timor militia leader
News added June 9
"Australia Thursday denounced a decision
by Indonesian authorities to free a notorious East Timorese militia leader
[Eurico Guterres] after he had served just 23 days of a six-month prison
sentence. ... Guterres has been implicated in a number of atrocities in
East Timor as pro-Jakarta militias, armed and trained by the Indonesian
army, embarked upon a bloody, scorched-earth rampage after the East Timorese
voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesian on August 30, 1999."
AFP
Jun
6 AAP: Timor Gap revenue split remains unresolved: DFAT
News added June 9
"There are a number of areas that are
still subject to finalisation in negotiations, ... Revenue split is one,
but there are a number of others. ... After a rocky start we’ve made some
very substantial progress in those negotiations and we hope to be in a
position ... to approve a framework agreement for the Timor Sea, probably
in early July,” " David Ritchie, first assistant secretary, DFAT (Department
of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Australian Government)
Jun
6 U.S. NGO letter to Powell re. intl tribunal for East Timor
Petition added June 9
" ... we urge the U.S. government
to redouble its efforts to end impunity and ensure accountability and justice.
The United States should heed Bishop Belo’s cry by giving unconditional
support for an international tribunal on East Timor, and taking the lead
in encouraging the UN Security Council to do the same. " 33 U.S.
Non-government organisations
Jun
6 Reut: Gusmao will be E.Timor president, Ramos-Horta says
News added June 12
“I told him [Gusmao] very bluntly that
if he doesn’t run for president then I will not be in any government, ...
The first five years he has to be there and I am persuaded he will be there.”
Jose
Ramos-Horta, Cabinet Member for Foreign Affairs, United Nations Transitional
Administration in East Timor
Jun
4 AP: No Early UN Military Withdrawal From E Timor -Ramos Horta
News added June 12
[any reduction in the present UN peacekeeping
8,000 strong force] “will be conditioned by the situation ... in West Timor,
... In order to facilitate the peace and independence of East Timor, there
should be no early withdrawal,” Jose Ramos-Horta,
Cabinet Member for Foreign Affairs, United Nations Transitional Administration
in East Timor
Jun
2 Dunn: Re call for Tribunal Comment added June 19
"In view of the changing scene in Jakarta
the need to press for an international tribunal is now more urgent. ...
What we should not be doing, is hesitating and encouraging the TNI command
establishment to conclude that it is now likely to escape international
scrutiny." James Dunn, Crimes
investigator for United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
(UNTAET)
Jun
2 AFP: East Timorese leader says independence for territory in 2002
News added June 12
“I don’t think it’s necessary to postpone
elections for the constituent assembly in August, ... But independence
will only happen around the middle of 2002 because there will have to be
a ‘timorisation’ of the public administration.” Bishop Carlos Belo, Nobel
Peace laureate
Jun
1 Gabrielson: U.S. Responsibility in the West Timor Refugee Crisis
Report added July 11
"Militias, with their ever-present patrons,
the Indonesian military and police, forced the vast majority of the deportees
onto crowded lorries, sometimes allowing them to take a few things, other
times herding them like livestock at gunpoint, and carted them unceremoniously
across the border to West Timor. Mr. Barrus and his family were taken this
way, bringing nothing with them, and not even knowing their exact location
when they were dumped off the truck. There were no provisions for them
upon their arrival: no shelter, no food, no health or sanitary facilities,
no land. Nor were the people of West Timor pleased with the sudden influx
of hundreds of thousands of displaced people." Curt
Gabrielson
Jun
1 AI: Report 2001, Covering events from Jan-Dec 2000 Link
to report added Jun 21
"The legal and institutional framework
for investigating and prosecuting serious crimes was introduced by UNTAET.
Jurisdiction over serious crimes under international law including war
crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and sexual
offences was established. A Special Crimes Unit was established to
investigate the massive human rights violations which were perpetrated
by pro-Indonesian militia and the Indonesian security forces in 1999. However,
lack of support and resources contributed to the slow pace of investigations.
... by the end of 2000 no one had been brought to justice for crimes committed
during 1999." Amnesty International
Jun
1 JSMP: New Human Rights Project in East Timor Project
added
June 9
"We would like to introduce you to the
Judicial
System Monitoring Programme (JSMP), a new human rights project set
up by the East Timorese Jurists’ Association and the Timorese/international
organisation La'o Hamutuk. JSMP aims to assist the United Nations Transitional
Administration in East Timor, the East Timorese public and the international
community by making recommendations for ongoing reform of the fledgling
judicial system of East Timor."