Military Build Up In East Timor

EDM number 1010 in 1990-91, proposed by Alice Mahon on 20/06/1991.

That this House is alarmed at the military build up by the Indonesian forces of occupation in East Timor; believes the objective is to prevent the visiting parliamentarians from Portugal making contact with the resistance movement; is deeply concerned at the continued violation of human rights in East Timor; and calls upon the Government to initiate a debate in the United Nations to discuss and implement United Nations Security Council Resolutions 384 and 389 which call for the withdrawal of Indonesian troops and for the rights of the people of East Timor to self-determination.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.