Timor-Leste
mid-November 2007
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmao held talks with a group comprising some of the military “petitioners,” whose sacking from the army was one of the causes of the 2006 violence. The group requested reinstatement of those sacked in 2006.
September 2007
The government of Timor-Leste asked that operations by Austalian-led international forces to arrest Alfredo-Reinado, a “petitioner” dismissed from the army in 2006 who has opposed dialogue with the government, cease.
6 August 2007
After many tense days of discussion over who could command a majority in the parliament, President José Ramos-Horta announced that he had appointed Xanana Gusmão as prime minister.
late July 2007
Australian Prime Minister John Howard visited Timor-Leste and was asked by the country’s president to keep forces there through 2008. The new parliament was sworn in amidst renewed politically-motivated violence.
26 July 2007
The spokesperson for the Secretary-General announced that because of the long standing position of the UN against amnesties for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or gross violations of human rights, UN officials would not testify at Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) proceedings or take any other steps that would support its work.
