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"Civil
Society Organizations in Timor-Leste have followed the
negotiation process concerning Timor Sea oil, held in Canberra and
Darwin, Australia, last month. ... We strongly urge the government of
Timor-Leste to give priority to the
Maritime Boundary discussions rather than negotiating the division of
resources with a government that is stealing natural resources that
rightfully belong to Timor-Leste." HAK Association, Haburas Foundation,
La’o Hamutuk, Sahe Institute for Liberation (SIL), Kdalak Sulimutu
Institute (KSI), Timor-Leste Community Radio Association (ARKTL),
Judicial System Monitoring Program, KSTL, LAIFET, FOKUPERS, Forum Tau
Matan (FTM), Timor-Leste Students Association.
This page last
updated 9 Oct 2005
The East Timor NGO Forum
Forum Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e
Caicoli Street, Dili, Timor-Leste. Tel
+670-723-5063.
Email: laohamutuk@easttimor.minihub.org
or etngocentre@hotmail.com
27 October 2004
TIMOR-LESTE
CIVIL SOCIETY
DEMANDS A FAIR MARITIME BOUNDARY
Civil Society Organizations in
Timor-Leste have followed the negotiation process concerning Timor Sea
oil, held in Canberra and Darwin, Australia, last month. It has come to
our attention that Governments of both Timor-Leste and Australia do not
want to further discuss the Maritime Boundary, but have opted instead
to discuss only distribution of money from natural resources, which
both governments euphemistically call a “creative solution”. The
signatories of this statement, civil society of Timor-Leste, would like
to present our opinions, which we believe are important to express.
While we feel it is important that both governments heed our opinions,
they are directed especially towards the government of Timor-Leste.
Based on prior knowledge concerning
negotiations, we strongly encourage the governments of Timor-Leste and
Australia to:
1. urge the negotiators who, at
this moment, are discussing the future of the people of Timor-Leste, to
respect the national sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of
Timor-Leste, and quickly set the maritime boundary between the two
countries according to current international legal principles.
2. urge Australia, in connection with point
1, to return to the International Court of Justice and the
International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea in order to solve
international disputes of maritime boundaries.
3. Greater Sunrise should be East
Timor’s territory, development can not be started until a boundary or
IUA is in place. We condemn pressure exerted by Woodside Oil Company to
quickly begin exploitation in this area.
4. stop the exploitation of
Laminaria-Corallina and other oil fields in disputed territory. This
includes halting the issue of new licenses. It would be sensible and
fair to put revenues from such fields in an escrow fund to be divided
fairly once a boundary agreement is reached.
We strongly urge the government of
Timor-Leste to give priority to the Maritime Boundary discussions
rather than negotiating the division of resources with a government
that is stealing natural resources that rightfully belong to
Timor-Leste.
HAK Association,
Haburas Foundation,
La’o Hamutuk (East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and
Analysis),
Sahe Institute for Liberation (SIL),
Kdalak Sulimutu Institute (KSI),
Timor-Leste Community Radio Association (ARKTL),
Judicial System Monitoring Program,
KSTL,
LAIFET (Labor Advocacy Institute of East Timor),
FOKUPERS,
Forum Tau Matan (FTM),
Timor-Leste Students Association.
-END-Media
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East Timor National NGO Forum [Forum Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e
(FONGTIL)]
* Home: http://www.geocities.com/etngoforum/index.html
* BD collection on East Timor NGO Forum: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/etngoforum.html
HAK
Association (Association
for
Law, Rights and Justice) [Perkumpulan/Perhimpunan
HAK]
* About: http://www.yayasanhak.minihub.org/about_us.html
* More about: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/linksindig.htm#yhakb
Haburas Foundation (Green
environmental organization)
* Info: http://www.etan.org/news/2004/04goldman.htm
La’o
Hamutuk "walking together"
(The East Timor
Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis)
* Home: http://www.laohamutuk.org/
* Oil & Gas Index: http://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/OilIndex.html
* Timor Oil Bulletins:
---
September 2004 The Case for
Saving Sunrise: http://www.etan.org/lh/misc/04sunrise.html
--- March 2004
East Timor Government's Budget Deficit: http://www.etan.org/lh/bulletins/bulletinv5n2b.html
--- March 2004 Avoiding the Resource
Course: http://www.etan.org/lh/misc/04curse.htm
--- August 2003 Timor Sea Oil &
Gas update: http://www.etan.org/lh/bulletins/bulletinv4n34.html
--- December 2002 Timor Oil
Chronology: http://www.etan.org/lh/bulletins/bulletinv3n8b.html
--- August 2002 Petroleum Conference
in Darwin: http://www.etan.org/lh/bulletins/bulletinv3n6a.html#Report
--- July 2002: Timor Oil, Solidarity:
http://www.etan.org/lh/bulletins/bulletinv3n5.html
* Email: laohamutuk@easttimor.minihub.org
* About: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/lheng.html
* Tada uluk kona ba La’o Hamutuk: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/lhtetun.html
* Informasi mengenai
La’o Hamutuk: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/lhbahasa.html
Sah'e
Institute for Liberation (SIL)
* About: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/linksindig.htm#saheb
Kdalak
Sulimutu Institute (KSI) "Streams Flowing Together
Institute" (Founded by Bishop Belo)
* About: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/linksindig.htm#kadalak
Timor-Leste Community Radio
Association (ARKTL)
Judicial
System Monitoring Program (JSMP)
* Home: http://www.jsmp.minihub.org
* About JSMP: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Links.htm#jsmp
* Informasi
mengenai
Program Pemantauan
Sistim Peradilan (JSMP): http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Links.htm#jsmpb
* Para mais
informações vide Programa
de Monitorização do Sistema Judicial (PMSJ): http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Links.htm#jsmpp
Timor-Leste
Labor Union Confederation (KSTL)
Labor
Advocacy Institute for Timor-Leste (LAIFET)
FOKUPERS
Forum
Komunikasi
Untuk Perempuan Loro Sae
(the
East
Timorese
Women’s Communication Forum)
*
About: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/linksindig.htm#fokupersb
Forum
Tau Matan (FTM) [Tau
Matan: to keep an eye on, to take care of]
* (6 Oct 2005) LH Media release re FTM & AusAID: http://www.laohamutuk.org/reports/AusAID/FTM.html
* (6 Okt 2005)
LH Keterangan Media
(FTM & AusAID): http://www.laohamutuk.org/reports/AusAID/FTM_Bahasa.html
Timor-Leste Students Association
About:
East
Timor National NGO Forum / Forum Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e
(FONGTIL)
updated 30 Sep 2004
Umbrella agency for East Timorese
Non-Government
Organisations (NGOs)
VISION: To contribute to the
building
of a pluralist, democratic, just and sustainable East Timor through the
development of a strong, independent and responsible civil society
committed
to upholding and making real in the daily life of the community, both
village
and urban, the full range of human rights so that all East Timorese,
particularly
the poor and disadvantaged, can enjoy the fruits of liberation and
development
in an East Timor forever free.
MISSION: To realise its vision
by promoting a culture of learning, cooperation, partnership with the
community
and respect for human rights and good practice amongst East Timorese
NGOs
and between them and other development actors, both domestic and
international,
and by serving as a collective, independent voice for the rights and
needs
of the community.
VALUES AND PRINCIPLES: a rights
approach to development; inclusiveness, participation; accountability;
gender balance; respect for the environment; non-party political;
non-sectarian;
good governance; volunteerism.
Caicoli
Street,
Dili, Timor-Leste. Tel +670-723-5063.
Email: laohamutuk@easttimor.minihub.org
or etngocentre@hotmail.com
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/etngoforum/index.html
BD collection on East Timor NGO
Forum:
http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/etngoforum.html
Source of Media Release:
La'o Hamutuk
Institutu Timor Lorosa'e ba
Analiza no Monitor Rekonstrusaun
The East Timor Institute for
Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
PO Box 340, Dili, Timor-Leste
Mobile +670-723-4330
Land phone +670-3325013
Fax +670-3317294
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