From etra@pactok.net Tue Oct 28 22:35:52 1997
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 20:07:00 +1100
From: East Timor Relief Association <etra@pactok.net>
To: east-timor@igc.apc.org

Dear all,

Following is the final declaration of the third
intra-Timorese dialogue. I will post a report very soon.

Ines Almeida
(participant)


KRUMBACH DECLARATION 1997

Guided by the Terms of Reference as contained in paragraphs 3
of the communique issued after the fifth Ministerial Round of
Talks in Geneva in 1995, the third All-Inclusive Intra-East
Timorese Dialogue (AIETD) took place from 20 to 23 October
1997 in Krumbach, Austria.

Referring to paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Burg Schlaining
Declaration of March 22, 1997

Taking into consideration the recommendations outlined in the
statement of His Excellency Ambassador Jamsheed Marker,
Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary
General for the Question of East Timor;

Expressing their gratitude to the United Nations
Secretary-General, his Personal Representative for East Timor
and to his staff for having facilitated the III AIETD, in
Krumbach Castle, Austria;

Expressing equally their gratitude and appreciation to the
Austrian Government for the hospitality provided to the AIETD
participants for the third time ;

Saluting the Catholic Church in East Timor represented in His
Excellency Bishop Dom Carlos Ximenes Belo, SDB, Apostolic
Administrator of the Diocese of Dili, Nobel Peace Laureate;

Saluting the Timorese Christian Church represented by Rev.
Arlindo Marçal ;

Expressing their gratitude to the governments of Portugal,
Indonesia, and other countries which, through their
contributions, made the meeting possible;

Taking note with satisfaction of the climate of frankness and
openness which enabled the free discussion and analysis of all
questions put forward

THE PARTICIPANTS,

1.	Reaffirm their confidence and total support to the
on-going Tripartite Dialogue between the governments of
Portugal and Indonesia under the auspices of the United
Nations Secretary-General with the objective of finding a
just, comprehensive and intentionally acceptable solution to
the Question of East Timor;

2.	Express their interest and willingness to continue the
AIETD should they be requested by the United Nations
Secretary-General, under the same framework as this one, to
continue the debate on concrete and practical ideas conducive
for the creation of confidence-building measures, with a view
to contributing to the solution of the Question of East Timor;

3.	Approve the name, objectives, organic structure and
funding sources for the Centre for Culture and Development
Timor Lorosae (CCDTL) as attached ,

4.	Express their deep concern at the escalating violence in
the territory and commit themselves to endeavour, within their
capacities, to contribute to the achievement of a lasting
peace;

5. 	Reaffirm the urgent need for the implementation of
adequate measures for the promotion and protection of human
rights in general, and particularly the protection and
promotion of the rights of women, children and youth;


6.	Pursuing the efforts aiming at the strengthening of the
dialogue among Timorese, the participants of AIETD residing in
the diaspora shall invite their colleagues residing inside to
visit the Timorese communities in Australia, Portugal, Macau
in a date to be agreed.  The details will be worked out in
due course by the interested parties, possibly by the time of
the 1998 Expo;

7.	Similarly, the participants from inside shall invite
their colleagues in the diaspora to visit the territory of
East Timor with the details to be worked out in due date by
the interested parties.

Krumbach, Austria, 23rd     October 1997

 Signed by ________ALL THE PARTICIPANTS

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