[TimorLesteStudies] Seminar and Doco: Western Sahara & East Timor: what really has been stolen?

[Jenny]

Enquiries (general & media):
Georgia Vlassopolous: 0425 702 975
awsamel at alphalink.com.au

**Western Sahara & East Timor: what really has been stolen?**

All Welcome

Guest speaker:
His Excellency, President José Ramos-Horta, Democratic Republic of
Timor-Leste
to speak on the parallels between the two nations.

Followed by a Q & A session with:
* Kamal Fadel - Western Sahara representative to Australia & Ambassador to
East Timor
* Janelle Saffin - Federal Member for Page
* Lyn Allison, Session Chair - President of the Australia Western Sahara
Association

A short documentary on Western Sahara will also be shown.

For a brief background, José Ramos Horta writes:
"The histories of the Western Sahara and East Timor ran parallel for many
years. Both countries
endured not only European colonial rule but abandonment and incomplete
decolonisation when the
imperial powers collapsed in the mid-1970s. Then, both countries faced
genocide and denial of
their national identities. In both cases, a right recognised but not pressed
by the UN Security
Council and the UN Secretariat - the right to an act of self-determination."
(p. x)
Foreword to: Shelley, Toby. 'Endgame in the Western Sahara: what future for
Africa's last colony'.
London: Zed Books, 2004.

When: Thursday 23rd July 2009, 5.30 - 6.45 pm

Where: Kino Cinema 2, 45 Collins St, Melbourne

Tickets: $10
Advanced bookings: heather at tessnet.cx
(Collect tickets by 5pm & pay at the door)

Enquiries (general & media):
Georgia Vlassopolous: 0425 702 975

Organized by:
Australia Western Sahara Association (Victoria)
post: P O Box 164, Clifton Hill 3068
e: awsamel at alphalink.com.au
w: www.awsa.org.au <http://www.awsa.org.au>