East Timor

As violence in East Timor began to escalate in the run up to the popular consultation on August 30, 1999, which lead to East Timor's independence, CICR was invited through the Canadian Embassy in Jakarta to provide technical support for the DARE II peace talks.  Brian McQuinn, a senior CICR practitioner, (currently with The Carter Center) spent some 2 months in East Timor working as an advisor to Bishop Belo (Noble Peace Prize recipient) and Bishop Nascimento in designing and implementing the process.

The full report of this mission, including the Baucau Talks, the follow-on Leaders Meeting and the DARE II Peace Talks, along with a section on lessons learned, is available through the following link:

www.cicr-icrc.ca/media/East%20Timor%20Report/EastTimorFinalRptV4%20(1).DOC

www.cicr-icrc.ca/media/East%20Timor%20Report/EastTimorFinalRptV4.DOC