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Timor Today - Information resource on East Timor offering a variety of articles and links. The daily news session isn´t updated anymore since September 2001.

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library: East Timor - An information service provided by the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Includes a bibliography, history, legends, an introductory course to Indonesia and East Timor and links for internet resources.

Easttimor.com - Provides latest news, links for related sites and resources, mailing list and discussion forum.

La'o Hamutuk - The East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis informs on its goals, provides reports and bulletin [parts of the text in Bahasa Indonesia and Tetum].

Conference on Sustainable Development 2001 - Provides information, results and recommendations. Includes conference proceedings for download. In English and Bahasa Indonesia.

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) - The mission was established in 1999 to administer the territory during the transition period to independence, and was replaced in may 2002 by UNMISET. Latest news and public information materials, UN documents on East Timor, background and chronology of the UNTAET mission and photo gallery. In English and French.

East Timor Government - Provides contact information for government and ministries.

Constitution of the Democratic Republic of East Timor - English text.

East Timor Election Website - Covers the first election of the country on April 14, 2002: news, candidates, parties, voter information and updates on the planned festivals for the Independence Day. [html or pdf-files, in English, Tetum, Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesia].

Australian Department of Defence: Peacekeeping in East Timor - Information on the work of the Australian members of the Peacekeeping Force who serve as part of the UNTAET, with photo gallery.

Global Policy Forum: UN Security Council - East Timor - Key documents focusing on the activities of the UN security Council, analysis and links.

Security Council Establishes New UN Mission in East Timor - Reports on the establishment of the UN Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) for an initial one-year period.

United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) - The Mission was established in May 2002 to provide assistance in the post-independence period. The site offers latest news, UN documents, background and chronology of the UN-missions in the country.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan: East Timor Situation - News, official statements, reports on Japans Contributions to East Timor and on Japan-Indonesia-relations.

The EU's Relations with East Timor - Provides an overview on the situation in the country, history, map and information on EU contributions.

U.S. Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Indonesia and East Timor - The State Department offers a compilation of official policy texts, transcripts and other information.

East Timor is Independent. So Long As It Does As It's Told - Jonathan Steele reports on history and state of the relations between US and East Timor.

Timors Foreign Policy - Fernando de Araujo, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, maps out foreign policy priorities for the new nation.

East Timor - To Be or Not to Be a Member of ASEAN? - Discusses the question if East Timor should be a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Jakarta Post, Indonesia.

Guardian Unlimited Special Report: Indonesia and East Timor - Including latest news, archive, audio reports, interactive guide and external links.

Goasiapacific.com: East Timor - Emerging Nation - Provides breaking news and commentary, profiles of the key players, information on the elections in 2002, chronology, multimedia and links.

ReliefWeb: East Timor - Latest news and an extensive link collection.

UN News: Countdown to Independence in East Timor - News, related press releases and an overview on recent developments.

Asia Observer: East Timor - News articles from international sources and a collection of related links.

Timor Post - Archived editions 2001.

Studio Moris Hamatuk: A New Radio Program for Refugees and Returnees in Timor - Information on the project and contact information.

CNN.com: Birth of a Nation - Includes articles, profiles, photographs and video reports.

Suara Timor Lorosae - Online version of the daily newspaper, in English, Tetum, Indonesian and Portuguese.

East Timor Press - Offers latest news from the country in English, Portuguese, Tetum, and Bahasa Indonesia.

Selections from reg.easttimor (ETAN/US) - Archive offering selected postings since 1998.

BBC News: East Timor Independence - Provides extended coverage with news, commentary, background information, profiles of the key players and multimedia.

Yahoo! News: East Timor - Breaking news, multimedia, links for background information and commentary.

East Timor News - News and links for related websites, provided by World News Network.

WHO: East Timor - Recent and archivated reports, statistics and other documents focusing on the health situation in the country.

Yahoo! Group: HIV-TIMOR - Discussion and information related to and relevant for East Timor in its response to the HIV epidemic.

Bairo Pite Clinic - The health care center presents itself: pictures of the staff and patients, personal stories, a medical guide in Tetum and information for donors. Additional information about Dili and East Timor.

CNN.com: Dili, East Timor - Current conditions and 4 day forecast.

Weatherbase: Historical Weather for East Timor - Historical weather averages, by month, for four cities in East Timor.

UNIFEM in East Timor - The organisation reports on its´ work and projects, and offers information on the Liaison Office in Dili and their staff.

East Timorese Cultural Centre - Dili, Timor Lorosa´e - Presents the cultural centre, its´ projects and activities, information on the efforts to conservate the remaining parts of the collection of the destroyed State museum, on traditional artforms and languages of the country.

East Timor NGO Forum - Detailed information on non-governmental organisations working in the country, including lists of national and international NGOs [xls-files].

Ethnologue: Languages of Timor Lorosae - Information on the languages spoken in the country.

United Nations Development Program: East Timor - UNDP reports on projects for infrastructure rehabilitation and community development. Includes publications and official statements, press information, employment opportunities and links.

Topica Email List: Timor Language Discussion - Discussion on various options for the official languages of the country.

Email List: Sustainable Development in East Timor - Discussion and archive of postings.

Yahoo! Group: KESTA - Discussion forum for East Timorese students (postings in several languages).

East Timor Relief Association (ETRA) - Information on the organisation, resources and a directory (some links are broken).

Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation - Provides news, background, documents, a glossary, information on the mandate and the activities of the commission, and portraits of the commissioners. Parts of the documents in English, Portuguese, Tetum and Bahasa Indonesia.

Back Door Newsletter on Timor Loro Sa'e - The newsletter promotes human rights and self-determination. Provides news and links. [Parts of the site translated in Tetum, Bahasa Indonesian and Portuguese].

IID and APCET: Overview of Campaigns and Lobby Initiatives - "Initiatives for International Dialogue" and "Asian Pacific Coalition of East Timor" advocate the eventual self-governance and self-determination of the East Timorese. They offer news and background articles on key issues.

History, Land and Ethnology - Comprehensive resource from TimorNet at University of Coimbra in Portugal.

International Platform of Jurists for East Timor - Information on the organisation, reports on current trials and links.

Judicial System Monitoring Programme - The NGO provides independent information on the judicial system of East Timor and Indonesia. News, resources, court schedule and case information [pdf], and email-list.

Topica Email List: East Timor Society and Culture - Discussion of current debates and issues related to the country.

East Timor Action Network/U.S. - The organisation advocates a change of US foreign policy and urges support for self-determination and human rights in East Timor. Offers news, press releases and information for activists, resources and the quarterly publication Estafeta.

Carlos Filipe Ximines Belo and José Ramos-Horta - A profile of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winners by Irwin Abrams.

Democratic Republic of East Timor - Provides information on political structure and the party Fretilin, and on the work of the East Timor Students Association at Victory University, Australia. Includes a bibliography, links and pictures.

East Timor Revisited: Ford, Kissinger and the Indonesian Invasion, 1975-76 - Edited by William Burr and Michael L. Evans and published in the National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 62. Includes original documents [pdf].

East Timor Brief History - An overview on the history of the country by ETRA.

East Timor: A Brief History - Interactive guide by the Guardian, UK.

International Federation for East Timor - IFET provides information about, and ways to help, East Timor, which was invaded and subjugated by US ally Indonesia in 1975. IFET advocates changing US foreign policy and urges support for self-determination and human rights for East Timor.

Timor Aid - Australian based aid organisation, focussing on the island of Timor and neighbouring islands to the immediate north of Australia. Timor Aid is non-political, and works in collaboration with local partners in Timor.

Campaign To Free East Timor - The campaign to free the tiny country of East Timor has been going on for over twenty years. Led by Colin Isles, the close-knit Wellington peace community remains in solidarity with the Timorese people. Hr@G has joined the growing numbers of activists seeking Timorese self-determination.

East Timor Human Rights Page - East Timor Internet domain.

Free Timor Coalition Campaign - CNRM was a broad-based organisation set up in late 1987 to unify and lead the struggle of the people of East Timor under the umbrella of non-partisanship, always taking into account the reality of the barbaric military occupation by the Indonesian forces.

Mother Jones: The Struggle for East Timor - News, commentary, and background information on the history of the country [last update 1999].

Scoop: East Timor Crisis Special - Coverage of the events in East Timor in 1999-2000.

East Timor Campaign, Ireland - East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign was founded in 1992. Its aims are to increase awareness among Irish and European people to the violation of Human Rights in East Timor and the involvement of Western governments in military and economic aid to Indonesia.

Timor Lorosae - Information about the ongoing crisis in both East and West Timor.

Death of a nation: The Timor Conspiracy - John Pilger analyses the Indonesian invasion of 1975, exposing the genocide and Western complicity leading up to the vote of independence in 1999. With multimedia [RealPlayer].

Crisis in East Timor - Provides analysis into the involvement of Indonesia and various other countries and agencies, into the media roles, and links to more information, analysis and essays.

East Timor democracy leaders named Nobel Peace Prize winners - Article on the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize award to East Timorese leaders Bishop Carlos Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta.

CNN.com - Conflict In East Timor: A Timeline - A long history of the East Timorese conflict from CNN.

Amnesty International - East Timor Library - News and reports from Amnesty International on the East Timorese conflict.

East Timor Coverage: Time.com - Complete coverage of turmoil in East Timor from TIME.com.

Online NewsHour: East Timor: Under Indonesian Rule - Detailed analysis of the conflict from NewsHour.

Popular Leader Sweeps East Timor Election - Article from NewsHour on Xanana Gusmao's win in East Timor's first elections as an independent country.

East Timor - Focus on Human Rights, 2002 - List of documents from Human Rights Watch.

BBC: The Trials of East Timor - Extensive coverage on the 1999 votes, the militia terror and the UN intervention.

Celebrating the Birth of a Nation - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan congratulates the people of East Timor on their perseverance in rebuilding their country.

The United Nations Will Stay - Speech by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered in Dili, East Timor, on the occasion of East Timor's accession to independence, 19 May 2002.

PBS Online NewsHour: East Timor Independence - Coverage of the independence process: articles, interviews and archive.

BBC News: East Timor: Birth of a nation - East Timor becomes the world's newest nation, as a declaration of independence ends 450 years of foreign rule.

Children of East Timor - Information on schools and orphanages run by Sister Lourdes. Including photos, contact information, request for contributions and links.

Internally Displaced People in Indonesia and East Timor - Database covering all issues connected with the situation of the displaced.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: East Timor - Appeals and reports 2001 and 2002.

AusAID: East Timor - Provides documentation, overview of activities, a slide show, resources and a map.

Oxfam Community Aid Abroad - Provides information on the aid programs established since October 1999, with articles and links.

Caritas Dili East Timor - Offers information on the organisation, it´s projects, donations and links.

Human Rights Watch - Violence in East Timor - Regularly updated series of Human Rights Watch bulletins, press backgrounders and reports.

East Timorese Trapped in Indonesia - In a report released on December 15, Human Rights Watch called for urgent efforts to separate militia members from civilian East Timorese in refugee camps in Indonesia. An estimated 75,000 to 110,000 refugees were still in the camps, three months after most were forcibly expelled following a ballot on self-determination in East Timor.

Amnesty International - Reports on East Timor from Amnesty International.

Peace Brigades International, East Timor Project - Reports on conditions in East Timor from an international organization offering unarmed protective accompaniment to human rights activists, other individuals and communities threatened with violence.

East Timor Scotland Support Group - A unified Scottish voice on behalf of East Timor.

Justice for East Timor - Human Rights Watch presss backgrounder dated March 2000 demands that those who were responsible for the killing, mass destruction, and forced expulsions in East Timor last September must be brought to justice.

Masters of Terror - Detailed profiles of the key suspects in the 1999 destruction of East Timor. With download.

Tapol - Indonesia Human Rights Campaign - UK based organization campaigning to expose human rights violations in Indonesia, East Timor, West Papua and Aceh. Provides news, press releases, reports and online-bulletin.

Timorese Democratic Union (UDT Timor) - Mostly Portuguese site provides statements of the party in English and contact addresses.

Xanana Gusmão: To Resist Is To Win - Presents Gusmão's autobiography, a profile and interview.

Yahoo! Group: FRETILIN - Discussion on FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente).

Decio's Web Page - Decio Ribeiro Sarmento offers information on youth activities in the country.

The World Bank: Trust Fund for East Timor (TFET) - Provides news, a country overview, studies focusing on the economy, project summaries and related links.

East Timor and the IMF - Material on the country and its activities with the IMF.

East Timor Logisticians - Offers logistic help to investors.

nic.tp - Domain registration.

Central Maritime Hotel, Dili - The hotel located on board of a cruise liner offers information on the accommodations, restaurants, services and special offers, rates and online-reservation.

Dili Villas - Offers accommodations and information on rent and payment. With picture, ground plan and contact address.

Hotels - TimorToday provides addresses of hotels in the country.

Go East Timor - Offers brief travel information, travel stories, photos and a map.

Colégio de São José - Dili, East Timor - The coeducational Catholic High School led by Jesuits presents itself: staff members, overview over the history of the college and photos [Parts of the site still under reconstruction].

East-West Center: East Timor Scholarship Program - Offers information, application forms and contact addresses for the 2003 US - East Timor Scholarship Program Competition, a program which provides the opportunity to pursue the final two years of bachelor's degree study at the University of Hawaii.

Global Information Networks in Education (GINIE): East Timor - Provides commented links for information on the current status of the education system.

East Timor Students Association (ETSA) - The Association at the University of Victoria, Australia, offers information on their activities and upcoming events.

Yahoo! Group: ETSA - Message board of the East Timor Student Association at Victoria University, Australia.

Map of East Timor - From UNTAET [needs Acrobat Reader].

Map - Map showing international and district boundaries, by Easttimorelections.org.

Timor Lorosae in Transition 2001-2002 - A photo collection by Alex Tilman.

Timor Leste: East Where the Sun Rises - A collection of pictures.

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