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"We ask that the Australian Government: * Accept the sovereignty of East Timor over the oil and gas deposits which are closer to East Timor than Australia. * Accept the request of the East Timorese Government to meet monthly to negotiate permanent maritime boundaries ... * Accept the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice on issues of maritime boundaries ... * Place in trust (escrow) revenues received from disputed areas ... " Melbourne NGO Timor Sea working group
This page updated: 26 Aug 2004
 
Melbourne NGO group Petition


* * * A reminder: these petitions must be returned by Tuesday 31st of August 2004 at the latest. * * *

Return them to: Timor Sea Justice Campaign
C/o Stanley Stork, 5/63 Berkeley Street, Hawthorn, Vic. 3122 AUSTRALIA 


Below is Melbourne NGO Timor Sea working group petition, that is to be presented to John Howard (not in Parliament) before the September 2004 talks.

* Print copies of this petition using this printer-friendly web-page and distribute it along with Timor Sea information. 

Consider signing the Timor Sea Justice Campaign (Sydney) petition as well: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/04julpettsj.html

It is legal to sign both petitions as one will be presented in Parliament and one won't.


Until August 31, 2004


Petition on Justice in the Timor Sea


To the Hon John Howard MP, Prime Minister:


We the undersigned seek justice in the settlement of maritime boundaries between Australia and East Timor.


We ask that the Australian Government:

* Accept the sovereignty of East Timor over the oil and gas deposits which are closer to East Timor than Australia.

* Accept the request of the East Timorese Government to meet monthly to negotiate permanent maritime boundaries with East Timor as quickly as possible.

* Accept the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice on issues of maritime boundaries and accept the compulsory dispute resolution mechanisms of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 with regard to Australia’s maritime boundaries.

* Place in trust (escrow) revenues received from disputed areas immediately outside the Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA) established by the 20 May 2002 Timor Sea Treaty, for distribution between Australia and East Timor after the maritime boundary dispute between the two countries has been settled.


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* * * A reminder: these petitions must be returned by Tuesday 31st of August 2004 at the latest. * * *

Please mail petitions prior to August 31st, 2004 to:

Timor Sea Justice Campaign, [http://www.timorseajustice.org]
C/o Stanley Stork, 5/63 Berkeley Street, Hawthorn, Vic. 3122 AUSTRALIA 

To make copies of this petition, either:
* Use this printer-friendly web-page [http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/04julpetngo1.html]
or
* If no internet access, request from Esther Anderson on tel. 03 9830 4260, or Stanley Stork on tel. 03 9818 4320 of the Timor Sea Justice Campaign.

Source: Esther Anderson: anderso@bigpond.net.au

See also:
BD: TIMOR OIL / Mina iha Timor Gap / O Petróleo do Mar de Timor / Le pétrole de la Mer de Timor

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