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Source: East Timor Action Network (ETAN)

Date: 08 Jun 2006

U.S. must support strong UN mission in Timor-Leste

Call, fax or write the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations today!

In recent weeks, violence has wracked Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste (East Timor). Conflicts within the security forces have broadened to include gangs of unemployed young men. Dozens have been killed, houses have been burned or looted across the city, and most of Dili’s population has fled to temporary shelters or rural areas.

Sadly, Timor-Leste’s government has had to ask for foreign security force intervention, suspending their hard-won political independence.

The current crisis stems from multiple complex causes, including grinding poverty, massive unemployment, and economic polarization.

Other causes include inadequate international commitments to peace-building and economic justice; no accountability for major crimes committed during the 24-year Indonesian military occupation or for more recent crimes; political and ethnic divisions; and failures of national leadership.

The United Nations Security Council will soon debate the nature of the next UN mission for Timor-Leste. Although both ETAN and the Timorese government have consistently advocated for more effective UN activities, the U.S. government has repeatedly pushed the UN to rapidly reduce its presence since 2002.

The international community must now support a robust UN mission to enable the new nation to achieve peace with justice and economic prosperity. Beyond its security component, the new mission must also make a priority of people-centered sustainable development, vigorous support for next year’s parliamentary and presidential elections, and a commitment to genuine justice.

Women should play a central role in the mission, which must be given sufficient political and material resources. The international community must commit to a mission for as long as Timor-Leste requires, and not end it prematurely because of international political convenience or false economizing.

As people who care about Timor’s future, we insist that the U.S. delegation to the United Nations support an adequate mandate and resources for any future UN mission to Timor-Leste.

What YOU can do:

Contact U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. Tell him:

- The U.S. Mission to the UN must support a robust UN mission for Timor-Leste.

- The future UN mission must deal with Timor-Leste’s deep poverty through appropriate sustainable development and provide vigorous electoral support and a central role for women.

The mission must also promote justice for crimes against humanity committed in 1999 and earlier, and have a strong focus on building Timor’s domestic justice system and strengthening the rule of law.

- The duration of the UN mission should be based on Timor-Leste’s needs, not on the U.S.’s or others’ convenience.

See below for a sample letter to Ambassador Bolton.

Contact info: 212-415-4050 (tel), 212-415-4053 (fax), usunpublicaffairs@state.gov.

You can also fax the U.S. mission to the UN from ETAN’s website.

Go to: http://www.etan.org/action/fax/faxunmission.htm.

Please let us know the results of your efforts at etan@etan.org. Your actions can help restore hope to Timor-Leste.


For additional background, please see http://etan.org/news/2006/05statment.htm.

Write a letter to the editor, see samples at http://www.etan.org/action/letters/jun2006.htm.



Sample Letter to U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton

[YOUR ADDRESS HERE]

Dear Ambassador Bolton,

I urge you to support a robust UN mission for Timor-Leste. Speaking about that country recently, Secretary-General Kofi Annan stated, “there has been a sense that we tend to leave conflict areas too soon.” The current crisis shows this to be the case in Timor-Leste. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, the U.S. government is well-positioned to ensure that the UN does not repeat that error.

Any future UN mission in Timor-Leste must vigorously address deeply-rooted poverty and unemployment through appropriate sustainable development. The mission should strongly support next year’s crucial parliamentary and presidential elections. Justice for crimes against humanity committed during the Indonesian military occupation - including 1999 - must be central, and there should be a strong focus on building an effective domestic justice system and strengthening the rule of law.

Women must be integral to nation and peace-building in Timor-Leste. Any UN mission should follow the spirit and letter of Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.

The length of the UN mission should be based on East Timor’s needs, not on political convenience or false economizing.

Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,
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3 comentários:

Anónimo disse...

Isto só mostra o desespero dos desestabilizadores! Como se aproxima a data do Conselho de Segurança da ONU decidir sobre a prorrogação (ou não) da presença em Timor-Leste tentam esta golpaça e logo junto do Bolton, que foi quem deu a cara há um mês atrás para que em vez de um ano a missão só se estendesse mais 30 dias.

Anónimo disse...

master and lord Mari Bin Laden Alkatiri as the your master butchery have been orchestred genocide plan to kill the whole East Timor People by distribuited the all weaponary and ammunitions from ETNP commanded by irrational so called inland ministry the famous skandalous Rogerio Tiago Lobato.
Where are now the almost three thousands rifles imported from Malasia, China and Cuba for defending the puppet government interests in East Timor Soil??? The above mentioned weaponary not now are in the hands of the supporters of the infame leader Alkatiri with aim to kill people that not accept their system of the brutality and savagery towards the East Timor People governation by immoral leader named Alkatiri till today???

All of you, those pro-Alkatiri should be quite now dogs and do not appear in this forum in very hysterik way to blame for australian forces are wrong doing with concerning the security task forces to be done for East Timor People.

We, the real genuine Maubere People, have to thanksgiven to the Australian Authority and Army Forces that are now accomplish their task force to give good assistance to the poor and weakness people of East Timor, but not defending the butchery leadership of Alkatiri and Luolo.

You gays the atheist, herejes, materialist followers of the your political father "Darwin" gonna to the hell, because our people would like prevail their culture and identity as the real People in their real nation East Timor.

Long Life to Heros Commanders Alfredo and other Comrades, real defenders of the Maubere People interest in east Timor Land, but not defending the psychopata and paranoid leadership dominated by irrational ones namely butcheries Alkatiri and Luolo. No longer Maubere People will destroy all infames clikes of the Alkatiri and Luolo. Their days in fact are counted now by the People Power and they will removed in very ashammed way from leadership of East Timor's People and Nation.

Anónimo disse...

No início desta crise lembro-me de ver no telejornal da RTP uma professora portuguesa da cooperação, em Dili, a explicar a indisciplina que reinava no quartel do Reigado e de dizer que ele arrogantemente nunca pôs os pés em qualquer aula de português. Pela amostra aí em cima parece que também pouco frequentou as aulas de inglês na Austrália.

Traduções

Todas as traduções de inglês para português (e também de francês para português) são feitas pela Margarida, que conhecemos recentemente, mas que desde sempre nos ajuda.

Obrigado pela solidariedade, Margarida!

Mensagem inicial - 16 de Maio de 2006

"Apesar de frágil, Timor-Leste é uma jovem democracia em que acreditamos. É o país que escolhemos para viver e trabalhar. Desde dia 28 de Abril muito se tem dito sobre a situação em Timor-Leste. Boatos, rumores, alertas, declarações de países estrangeiros, inocentes ou não, têm servido para transmitir um clima de conflito e insegurança que não corresponde ao que vivemos. Vamos tentar transmitir o que se passa aqui. Não o que ouvimos dizer... "
 

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