URGENT REMINDER!!! US CONGRESSMAN TO SPEAK AT ACFOA SEMINAR ON WEST PAPUA This seminar will examine one of the most difficult issues facing Indonesia and Australia (and PNG) in the post-Suharto period: accommodating the just aspirations of the West Papuan people for human rights and freedom. Date: 12 November 1999 Time: 1.30 - 6.30 pm (NB seminar will run for 1 hour longer than advertised) Venue: Australian Volunteers International, 88 Kerr St, Fitzroy. Program PAST: The 1969 Act of Free Choice Screening of documentary 'Act of No Choice' Rex Rumakiek - a West Papuan's experience of the Act Professor Sam Blay: the legal validity of the Act PRESENT: analysing the current situation Dr Simon Philpott - election observer in West Papua Joy Balazo - impressions from a Uniting Church visit Jim Elmslie - researcher, frequent visitor and election FUTURE: prospects and strategies for change in the context of change in Indonesia and international responsibilities John Otto Ondawame - ANU researcher and West Papuan nationalist Dr Richard Chauvel - specialist in Indonesian regional issues Dr Scott Burchill - international political scientist. Congressman Faleomavaega (US House of Representatives Committee on International Relations). RSVP: ACFOA Human Rights Office, by COB Wednesday 10 November. ________________________________________________________ POST SEMINAR DINNER Congressman Faleomavaega will speak at a dinner following the Seminar. Time: 7.00 pm Venue: Cafe Nova, Brunswick St, Fitzroy There are a few places left at the dinner. Bookings: call ACFOA Human Rights Office, tel 9417 7505 -------------------------------------------------------------- Australia Council for Overseas Aid, Human Rights Office 124 Napier St, Fitzroy, Melbourne VIC 3065, Australia tel: +61 3 9417 7505, Sri Lanka Project: +61 3 9417 7238 Indonesia Project: +61 3 9415 8219 fax: +61 3 9416 2746 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.acfoa.asn.au ---------------------------------------------------------------- LL.VK -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
