-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 East Timor in Crisis 6-29 - NYC Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit sent by ETAN via David McReynolds - Jun 20, 2006 East Timor in Crisis - An Update and Discussion Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 7 pm buttembly Hall, Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Sq., Manhattan Four years after becoming independent, East Timor is again in the world's media. After a period of violent conflict, the government invited international troops to avert increased chaos and casualties. Is the poorest country in Asia on the verge of losing its hard-won independence, democracy and peace. What are the origins and causes of the current conflict? What can be done? The situation is complex -- mbuttive unemployment, historical rivalries, military schisms, ethnic conflicts, governance failures, post-traumatic stress, political agendas, misdirected international "aid" and past UN decisions all play a role. But it can be resolved. with Jo�o da Silva Sarmento has been the coordinator of the East Timorese Student Solidarity Council, an editor for the leading Timorese newspaper Suara Timor Lorosa'e and a researcher and board member at La'o Hamutuk, the Timor-Leste Insbreastute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis (www.laohamutuk.org). Jo�o is currently studying linguistics at the University of Hawaii. Rita Pires has worked for the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET); TV Timor-Leste; and the UN Development Program (UNDP) in Dili, East Timor. Ritais currently studying communications at the University of Hawaii. Charles Scheiner, co-founder ETAN; Charles recently returned from East Timor where he was working with La'o Hamutuk. and others $10 donation requested. No one turned away. Judson Memorial Church resides on the southern edge of Washington Square Park between Thompson and Sullivan Streets. We are accessible by subway from the 8th Street NYU N and R stop, the West 4th Street A, C, E, F and V stop or the Christopher Street Sheridan Square 1, 2, and 9 stop. If you haven't done so, please fax the U.S.Mission to UN to call for a strong UN presence in East Timor. Go to * ================================================================ NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us ================================================================ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU-Linux) iD8DBQFEmNPyHwEfpL2U00kRAvJWAKCX1dC6h32MwYew8VW5wyuCMz5NdQCeNSpl BfuTlmmC07T7o1g3bqyKnDc= =TZj4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --
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