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Attendees include EIAS members and other interested parties.

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East Timor – Recent Political Developments
Tuesday, 3 October, 2006 from 12h00 – 13h30

Speaker: Mr Harold Moucho, Political Advisor to the President of the National Parliament, Timor-Leste
Chair: Dr Willem van der Geest, Director, European Institute for Asian Studies
Discussant: Mr Manuel Schmitz, Member of German Timor-Leste Society and journalist (tbc)

After gaining independence from Indonesia in 2002, East Timor is still faces major obstacles to development and the task of bringing about reconciliation amidst brewing unrest. Having successfully wound up its Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) in 2005, the UN Security Council was prompted to set up a new non-military peacekeeping mission, the United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT), in 2006 after violence re-erupted in late April.

Clashes involving over a third of the armed forces, who were sacked earlier this year, led over 150,000 people to take refuge in makeshift camps. Prime Minister Alkatiri’s poor handling of the situation eventually forced his resignation and José Ramos-Horta, peace activist and Nobel laureate, was named Prime Minister in July.

The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) is honoured to welcome Mr Harold Moucho, invited by the European Union Visitor’s Programme, to its premises to discuss recent political turmoil in East Timor and possible solutions for future stability. After graduating from the University of Technology, Sydney in 1986 with a B.A. in Political Science, Mr. Moucho was elected as Fretilin Representative for Australia and South-East Asia, a position he held until 1999. Since 2001, he has been member of the National Judicial Commission of Fretilin as well as Political Advisor to the President of the National Parliament, Timor-Leste.

You are kindly invited from 12h00 – 13h30 for the briefing, followed by a Sandwich Lunch;

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