Motion (by Senator Brown) agreed to:
That the Senate--
(a) congratulates Bishop Carlos Belo and Mr José Ramos Horta on their unremitting work in support of independence for East Timor and the recognition of their contribution by the award of the Nobel Peace Prize;
(b) notes that a report by the Indonesian Commission on Human Rights accuses the Indonesian Government and security forces of deliberately provoking violence in Jakarta in July 1996, following the ousting of the Leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party, Mrs Megawati Sukarnoputri; and
(c) calls on the Australian Government:
(i) to support self-determination for East Timor; and
(ii) to represent forcefully to the Indonesian Government Australia's support for democracy and the rule of law in Indonesia.