Acronyms

ABC – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ACFOA – Australian Council for Overseas Aid

AETA – Australia East Timor Association

ALP – Australian Labor Party

Amotil – Associação Moçambicana por Timor (Mozambique Association for Timor)

ANC – African National Congress (South Africa)

Apodeti – Associação Popular Democrática Timorense (Timorese People’s Demcoratic Assocation)

APPTL – Associacão A Paz é Possível em Timor-Leste (Peace is Possible in Timor-Leste Association)

ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASTO – Association de Solidarité avec Timor Oriental

CAF – Comité de Acção Externa da FRETILIN (Fretilin External Commission)

CAVR – Comissão de Acolhimento, Verdade e Reconciliação (Truth and econcilation Commission)

CCPF – Coordination of Portuguese Groups in France

CCJP – Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (Australia)

CDPM – Commission for the Rights of the Maubere People

CGI – Consultative Group on Indonesia

CHR – Commission on Human Rights

CIDAC – Centre for Anti-Colonial Information and Documentation (Portugal)

CIET – Campaign for an Independent East Timor (Australia)

CISET – Christians in Solidarity with East Timor

CNRM – Conselho Nacional da Resistência Maubere (National Council of Maubere Resistance)

CNRT – Conselho Nacional da Resistência Timorense (National Council of Timorese Resistance)

CONCP — Conferência das Organizações Nacionalistas das Colónias Portuguesas (Conference of Nationalist Organisations in Portuguese Colonies)

CPA – Communist Party of Australia

DFA – Department of Foreign Affairs (Australia)

EC – European Community

EEC – European Economic Community

EU – European Union

Falintil – Forças Armadas da Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste (Armed Forces for the National Liberation of East Timor

Fretilin – Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente (Independent East Timor Revolutionary Front)

F-FDTL – Falintil/Forcas Defesa Timor Lorosae (Falintil – Timor-Leste Defence Force)

IFET – International Federation for East Timor

IGGI – Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia

IMET – International Military Education and Training (United States)

IMF – International Monetary Fund

INGI – International NGO Group in Indonesia

IPJET – International Platform of Jurists for East Timor

JANNI – Japan NGO Network on Indonesia

JCET – Joint Combined Exchange and Training (United States)

Kopassus – Komando Pasukan Khusus (Special Forces Command), Indonesia

LDP – Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

NGO – Non-Governmental Organisation

PALOP – Portuguese-speaking African countries

PARC – Asia-Pacific Resource Center (Japan)

PDI – Partai Demokrasi Indonesia (Indonesian Democratic Party)

PBHI – Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Institute

RDTL – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Renetil – Resistência Nacional dos Estudantes de Timor-Leste (National Resistance of East Timorese Students)

TAN – transnational advocacy network

UDT – União Democrática Timorense (Timorese Democratic Union)

UEM – University Eduardo Mondlane

UMNO – United Malays National Organisation (Malaysia)

UNGA – United Nations General Assembly

UNSC – United Nations Security Council

UNTAET – United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor