About ETAN
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"I think you'll agree with me
that the East Timor Action Network (ETAN) not only
proved that independence for East Timor was possible but
helped make it happen. ETAN harnessed the power of
ordinary people in the United States -- people like you
and me -- to redirect the policy of the most powerful
government in the world. I can't think of a better
recent example of grassroots action changing U.S.
foreign policy." --
Howard Zinn, Author, A People's History of the United States
"In the United States, the East Timor Action Network was formed...
Grassroots efforts resulted in thousands of letters and phone calls to
Congress. Military assistance to Indonesia was cut back over its abuses in
East Timor against the wishes of successive Republican and Democratic
administrations."
-- Amy Goodman,
The Exception to the Rulers
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The East Timor and Indonesia
Action Network (ETAN) was founded in
November 1991 to support genuine self-determination and human rights
for the people of East Timor in accordance with the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, the 1960 United Nations General
Assembly Resolution on Decolonization, and Security Council and
General Assembly resolutions on East Timor.
Our primary focus has been to change
US foreign policy and raise
public awareness to support justice and
self-determination and now genuine independence for East Timor
and human rights in Indonesia. In February 2001, ETAN revised
its mission statement to reflect East Timor's coming independence.
"To the
international solidarity we extend a profound word of
thanks from our people. We continue to count on you to
receive other forms of support, geared towards
alleviating the hardships of our most needy populations
and to the strengthening of the ties of friendship among
people."
-- President Xanana Gusmao's
inaugural speech, May 20, 2002 |
| Mission Statement:
(revised May 2005) The East Timor and Indonesia
Action Network/U.S. (ETAN) is a U.S.-based grassroots
organization working in solidarity with the peoples of East Timor
and Indonesia. ETAN educates, organizes, and advocates for human
rights, women's rights, societal and economic justice, democracy and
genuine self-determination in East Timor.
ETAN works for justice for historic and ongoing crimes against
humanity, war crimes, and human rights violations in East Timor and
Indonesia.
(revised Feb. 2001): The East Timor Action Network/U.S. (ETAN)
is a grassroots human rights organization working in solidarity with
the people of East Timor. ETAN supports human dignity for all East
Timorese by advocating for women's rights, democracy, sustainable
development, sound environmental practices, and comprehensive
social, legal, and economic justice. To this end, we work to
influence the policies of the United States government and
international institutions as they relate to East Timor. The history
of U.S. support for Indonesia's illegal invasion and occupation of
East Timor underlies ETAN's efforts to achieve accountability for
those responsible at home and abroad for war crimes and crimes
against humanity committed from 1975 on. ETAN is also motivated by
the need for continued vigilance to ensure genuine
self-determination for the people of East Timor.
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Special Honors and Awards to ETAN and ETAN activists
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