Justice, Truth And Reconciliation In Timor-Leste
EDM number 506 in 2006-07, proposed by Don Foster on 14/12/2006.
That this House notes the UK Government's membership of the United Nations' Core Group on Timor-Leste; joins the Government in welcoming the important and innovative work of Timor-Leste's Reception, Truth and Reconciliation Commission; further notes the UK Government's positive role in funding that Commission; further notes the view of Timor-Leste's new Prime Minister, Jose Ramos-Horta, that Timor-Leste must utilise that Commission's teachings to help prevent future crises; agrees strongly with the Government that human rights violations such as those described in that Commission's final report must not be permitted to happen again; urges the Government to respond to those of the Commission's recommendations that are addressed to the United Kingdom; and further urges the Government to ask the Secretary-General of the United Nations to convene a meeting of the Security Council to consider, at an early date, the Commission's final report.
This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs.
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