----- Original Message ----- From: Public Affairs Section <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:19 AM Subject: Text: House Resolution Urges War Crimes Tribunal for East Timor > Text: House Resolution Urges War Crimes Tribunal for East Timor > (House Concurrent Resolution 60 submitted March 12) (1580) > > Representative Lane Evans (Democrat of Illinois) introduced a resolution March 12 calling for the establishment of an international war crimes tribunal to prosecute "crimes against humanity" that occurred in East Timor during and after the referendum there on independence from Indonesia. > > House Concurrent Resolution 60 (H. Con. Res. 60), introduced with 19 co-sponsors, faults members of the Indonesian military and police for helping to train and arm "militias and paramilitary organizations before setting them loose to terrorize the people of East Timor and destroy their homes, businesses, and personal property." > > In certain cases, the resolution says, Indonesian military and police officials "incited violence and participated in widespread killing, rape, forced displacement, mayhem, and wholesale property destruction." > > The resolution noted that despite "repeated assurances to the international community and to the Congress" by the Indonesian Government of "impending action against the perpetrators of crimes against humanity in East Timor" there have been few "noticeable or substantive results." > > Gross violations of the human rights of the people of East Timor, the resolution says, "have gone unpunished since January 1, 1999, and the perpetrators of these violations have not been brought to justice." > > The resolution calls on the President and the Secretary of State to endorse and support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal "for the purpose of prosecuting culpable Indonesian military and police officers and personnel, leaders of local militias and paramilitary organizations, and other individuals who are responsible for crimes against humanity in East Timor, including the unlawful use of force and systematic murder, rape, and terrorism." > > Such a tribunal, the lawmakers say in the resolution, would seek to prosecute those involved in actions against United Nations personnel deployed in East Timor and in the refugee camps of West Timor. > > The President and Secretary of State, the resolution says, should direct U.S. agencies to begin collecting and organizing information as would be necessary to "assist in preparation of indictments and prosecution of such crimes before an international criminal tribunal; and to undertake any additional inquiries and investigations that would further such efforts." > > The resolution would also have the United States "work actively and urgently within the international community for the adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution establishing an international criminal court for East Timor." > > The measure was referred to the House International Relations Committee. A similar resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 9 (S. Con. Res. 9), was introduced in the Senate February 13 and was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. > > Following is the text of H. Con. Res. 60 from the Congressional Record: > > > To get the complete transcript, send your request to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------- > Public Affairs Section > > Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan 4 Jakarta 10110 > Telephone: (021)3435-9500, Ext. 9566 Fax: (021)381-0243 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > US Embassy Homepage: http://www.usembassyjakarta.org > > ...........Menuju Indonesia yang Demokratis dan Berkeadilan............ Untuk bergabung atau keluar dari Milis, silakan anda lakukan sendiri Bergabung: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keluar: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Cake, parcel lebaran & bunga2 natal? Di sini, http://www.indokado.com<--
