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East Timor and Indonesia on the World-Wide Web

Many of the sites listed here publish useful and important information. However, it is not possible for ETAN/U.S. to monitor these sites and does not  necessarily endorse their contents or politics. Note, in the main, sites with substantial English content have been listed. Please let us know of any additions or corrections. Last major update: January 2007.

Key Sites

Human Rights, Law & Justice
(see also ETAN's Human Rights & Accountability page)

Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction and Development (agencies) (Click here for additional analysis)

  • Lao Hamutuk International Financial Institutions index
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Country Profile
  • IMF
  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UN Central Emergency Response Fund
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  • UNDP; also Search United Nations Development Program site for more on East Timor
  • UNICEF - East Timor; also Evaluation database; USA Fund for UNICEF
  • UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - East Timor
  • UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)
  • UNIFEM and East Timor
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  • World Bank and East Timor
  • World Health Organization - Timor-Leste; WHO Country Office for Timor-Leste

  • World Food Program - Timor

    • subscribe today to the east-timor listserv

    • Other  Agencies and Projects Active in East and/or West  Timor
  • Directory of  International NGOs in East Timor
  • ACDI-VOCA
  • Ai-Kameli Trust (UK)
  • ALRI - Australian Legal Resources International
  • Asia Foundation
  • Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) - building internet connections
  • Artist without Borders (Japan)
  • Asia Pacific Support Collective  (supporting grassroots initiatives in E Timor
  • Australian Aid International (AAI)
  • Austcare
  • Australian Council for International Development (ACFID was ACFOA) - Links to agencies in  East Timor
  • Australian Centre for Int'l Agricultural Research
  • Australian Conservation Foundation
  • Ba Futuru
  • CAFOD (UK)
  • Cambodia Trust (UK)
  • Carmelite Mission Support Groups
  • CARE Timor-Leste; Care Canada; CARE in Timor Leste (via UK); CARE USA: Info Center: Special Reports: East Timor
  • Caritas Australia; Caritas Dili
  • Children in Crisis
  • Christian Children's Fund
  • ChildFund  Australia, New Zealand
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • Club of Madrid
  • Community Housing Unlimited
  • Connect East Timor
  • Concern Worldwide USA
  • Dusseldorp Skills Forum
  • East Timor Education Fund (Australia)
  • East Timor Museum-to-Museum Programme (University of Melbourne)
  • East Timor Silk Program
  • East Timor Scholarship Program (East-West Center)
  • Edge-ucate.org
  • Emmanuel Covenant Community
  • Family Health International (FHI)
  • Fund for East Timor
  • Grameen Foundation
  • Grassroots International - Act Now for East Timor
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Hawaii Forestry Extension
  • Health Alliance International
  • HealthNet TPO
  • Hope Orphanage
  • Humpty Dumpty Foundation
  • Interaction
  • International Catholic Migration Commission
  • International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  • International Infancy, Midwifery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Aid Programme
  • International Republican Institute
  • International Rescue Committee
  • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • Jesuit Relief Service Timor Update
  • Kilbur Domin
  • Marie Stopes International (MSI)  
  • Mary MacKillop East Timor
  • Mercy Corps International
  • MILK
  • MSF (Doctors Without Borders) in East Timor (also do search)
  • Maritime Union of Australia Supports Trade Unions in East Timor
  • National Democratic Institute
  • PALMS Australia
  • PeaceJam Educational Relief for ET
  • PLAN
  • Progressio
  • Project Timor (Australia)
  • Ryder-Cheshire Foundation
  • Seacology
  • Seattle East Timor Relief Association
  • East Timor Sunrise (Australia)
  • St. Bakhita Centre/Leeuwin Care
  • Stromme Foundation
  • Trocaire (Ireland)
  • Taibesi Centre
  • Triangle Generation Humanitaire
  • Global Connections: East Timor (General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church)
  • Uniting Church Overseas Aid: Food Security Program; Also Uniting International Mission East Timor page
  • UNTL Library Project
  • USC Canada East Timor page
  • United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) in East Timor
  • United States Sports Academy
  • WaterAid Australia
  • WorldVision IndoKit
  • Xanana Vocational Education Trust
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    Refugees and IDPs

  • Lao Hamutuk refugees index
  • U.S. Committee for Refugees: World Refugee Survey 2004; 2003: 2002, 2001; see also Indonesia page
  • The Refugee Crisis and Accountability: Observations and Analysis of a Fact-Finding Mission to the East Timorese Refugee Camps in West Timor, by Karen Orenstein, East Timor Action Network
  • IDPs in Indonesia & East Timor (Norwegian Refugee Council)
  • UNHCR
  • Briefing Paper on East Timorese Refugees in West Timor (ETISC)
  • Evaluation of UNHCR’s repatriation and reintegration programme in East Timor, 1999-2003
  • Forced Expulsions to West Timor and the Refugee Crisis (Human Rights Watch)
  • Independence Deferred (fr. Refugees Magazine) 
  • International Organization for Migration
  • Joint appeal: Solutions for East Timorese refugees Jan - Dec 2002
  • Peace Brigades International (PBI) Indonesia/East Timor Project
  • ReliefWeb on West Timor
  • PreventConflict.org West Timor
  • East Timor: The refugee crisis continues (Amnesty International)

    • East Timorese Groups

  • Directory of East Timorese NGOs
  • National  Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT),  History
  • Asosiasaun Advogadu Timor Lorosa'e (AATL) (East Timor Bar Association)
  • ASSERT - Association for the equality of the disabled people of Timor
  • Ba Futura - Transformation through the arts
  • Caritas Dili
  • "Creating Timor-Leste" Project
  • Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste (CVTL) (Red Cross)
  • East Timor Home Page - ETRA
  • East Timor NGO Forum
  • Lalenok Ba Ema Hotu (LABEH)
  • Timor Women's Self-Help Group
  • FRETILIN Melbourne (archive)
  • Timor Institute of Development Studies (TIDS)
  • To Resist Is to Win (Xanana) archived website
  • UDT Timor - Timorese Democratic Union
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    Support & Other Groups

  • Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific  (Australia)
  • Avocats Sans Frontières Belgium
  • Agir Pour Timor - covers some press in French, English and Portuguese
  • Anna Wearne Trust
  • APHEDA (Australian trade union aid abroad) E. Timor page 
  • Asia-Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) 
  • Asia Pacific Center for Justice and Peace (archive)
  • Backdoor- Canberra, Australia-based action- oriented electronic newsletter
  • British Coalition for East Timor (archive)
  • CAFIET - Canadian Action for Indonesia and East Timor
  • Carter Center (Timor pages and reports)
  • Catholic Institute for International Relations
  • CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development)
  • ETAN's Arizona chapter
  • ETAN's Seattle chapter
  • East Timor Alert Network Canada 
  • East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign
  • East Timor Scotland Support Group
  • Foundation for Post-Conflict Development
  • France - Timor Leste (in French)
  • Free East Timor Coalition no longer updated (New Zealand)
  • Free Timor Coalition Campaign (Australia)
  • Indonesia Human Rights Committee (New Zealand)
  • International Platform of Jurists for East Timor
  • Labor union support
  • Letters from East Timor (David Owen)
  • Madison, Wisconsin Support Groups: ETAN, Madison-Ainaro Sister-City Alliance (MASA) and Medical Aid for East Timor
  • Melbourne East Timor Campaign
  • National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference
  • Pacific Concerns Resource Centre
  • Peace Movement Aotearoa/New Zealand
  • "Remember the Dili Massacre", State Dept., Washington DC 11.12.98 
  • SOS Timor (Belgium)
  • Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) Malaysian human rights Groups
  • Tapol (Indonesia Human Rights) Home Page 
  • Tyneside East Timor Solidarity
  • United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Indonesia and East Timor: The Ecumenical Response (World Council of Churches)
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    Businesses and Tourism in East Timor

    Building the East Timor Administration

    Government Sites 

  • Australia
  • AusAID - East Timor Crisis (Australia); East Timor Community Assistance
  • Australian Defence Support to Timor-Leste; Operation Astute
  • Parliamentary Library (Australia)
  • Australian Peacekeepers in East Timor, see also InterFET; Australian War Memorial sites
  • Austrade: East Timor profile
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  • Indonesian Mission to the UN- East Timor press releases 
  • East Timor News via Indonesian Embassy to Canada
  • European Union & East Timor
  • Ireland: Development Cooperation, Dept of Foreign Affairs
  • Japan: East Timor Situation
  • New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Country Paper; NZ military in E Timor
  • Portugal's Mission to the United Nations - Timor Docs
  • Portugal's Embassy in East Timor (Portuguese only)
  • Foreign Office Country Background;  (British Government); DFID: Country Information
  • United States
  • U.S. Dept of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP)
  • U.S. Agency for Int'l Development in E Timor. AID's Overview
  • U.S. Peace Corps
  • U.S. Dept. of State - East Timor
  • U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation - Country rankings
  • Country Reports on Human Rights
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    News Sites

    Additional Background

    Culture and History

    Pre-1975 History

    Development, Health, Reconstruction, Education, Humanitarian & Related Issues

    Curriculum

    Language

    Learn Tetum - Order Language Resources from ETAN

    Maps, Illustrations and Photos (please note many other sites listed here contain photos & maps)

    Media Matters

    UN Organized Vote and Aftermath (1999- Note a number of other sites in this list also focus on this period)

    Independence Coverage (May 2002)

    Women

    And More Background

    Discussion and News Lists (listservs)

    Blogs and Personal Web Pages

    Indonesian Struggles
     (see below for Aceh, Malukus, West Papua sites)

    Arms Trade and Military Training
    (see also ETAN's U.S. Indonesia Military Ties page)

    General

    see also Human Rights links above