East Timor resists push for UN court
I hadn't seen this interesting story before. It's on Reuters Alertnet today, and it tells how Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor has urged his country's friends in the international community to stop pushing for a UN court to be established to try the many terrible excesses that Indonesia committed in the country in the wake of its 1999 election:
- Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said his tiny nation was heavily dependent on political stability in neighbouring Indonesia and a U.N. court trying Indonesian soldiers could spark a backlash and even be a setback for the war on terror.
"The government of East Timor does not contemplate lobbying for an international tribunal to try the crimes of 1999 because we know this would undermine the existing relations between the two countries," Ramos-Horta told Reuters by telephone from Dili.
"We know it could be manipulated by certain elements in Indonesia itself and create a backlash against the United Nations and the international community, even against the government of the day in Indonesia," he said.
Indonesia is also, right now, in the middle of a complex presidential election. Presumably, the fear is that if the UN were to announce plans for a court, that could push more voptes to the pro-military, ultra-nationalistic party, Golkar.
The Reuters piece added:
- Ramos-Horta said Dili would prefer to see an international truth and reconciliation commission rather than a court. Dili set up its own commission in 2002.
"At least it would give some comfort to the victims that truth is acknowledged by the international community," he said.
"We are certainly touched by the concern and the care of these NGOs, members of the U.S. Congress and others that are demanding justice through an international tribunal," he said.
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