Until Aug
31 2004 TSJC: Timor Sea Boundaries, Oil & Gas Revenues
Petition updated 26 Aug 2004
"We pray the Senate ensures
the Australian Government: 1. negotiates a fair and equitable maritime
boundary with Timor Leste
according to current international law and the provisions of the UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 2. responds to Timor Leste's
request for more regular meetings to settle the maritime boundary
dispute
... ; 3. returns Australia to the jurisdiction of the International
Court of
Justice (IJC) and UNCLOS for the adjudication of maritime boundary; 4.
commits to hold in trust (escrow) revenues received from disputed
areas ... " Timor Sea Justice
Campaign - Sydney (incl. AETA, MMIETS, APHEDA, AIDWATCH, ASAP)
Until Aug
31 2004 Melbourne
NGO: Justice in the Timor
Sea
Petition updated 26 Aug 2004
"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
Jan
17 LH: Act to Support East Timor on "Australia Day"
Action
added 19 Jan 2004
"Tell Australia to stop stealing the oil
and the future of East Timor! On January 26, Australia Day, let
Australian
government representatives in your country know that it is no longer
acceptable
to seize territory or resources belonging to another nation. Australian
embassies and consulates around the world will be having parties - Why
not hold a vigil or distribute a leaflet?" Charles Scheiner, La’o
Hamutuk,
East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
“Australia
knows that these revenues
are vital for us. I am very surprised by their attitude. I never
thought a democratic country like Australia would play this kind of
role with a poor neighbour. ... Concretely, it means the money to
immunise and educate every child in East Timor. It means more children
will reach the age of five years. It means more lives spent
productively. It is quite literally, a matter of life and death.”
Dr Mari Alkatiri, Prime Minister of Timor Leste (East Timor)
“East Timor will not
follow
the path of those in Nicaragua or Mozambique who believed that
international
activist support was no longer important once independence had been
achieved.
We have waged East Timor’s struggle with the help of concerned people
from
around the world, and we will continue to remember and rely on you in
this
new phase of East Timor’s history.” José
Ramos Horta, letter to Utrecht International Solidarity Conference,
May 2000