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JOINT ST A TEMENT

OF THE HEADS OF ST ATE/GOVERNMENT

OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AND

THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE

We. the Heads of State/Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Democratic

Republic of Timor-Leste meet in Bali on

15

July 2008 to receive the final report of the

Commission of Truth and Friendship which was established and mandated by us. We

hereby make the following statement:

I.

Our two countries have come a long way in

ｯｶｾｲ｣ｯｭｩ＠

ng the pain of an unfortunate

chapte1 of our shared past. As close neighbors. our countries are determined to work

together to promote peace and friendship. thereby laying a solid basis for building a

stable, friend ly and mutually beneficial neighborly rrlatio nship. In this regard, we

underscore the importance of resolving residual issues.

2. Guided also by the spirit of the UN Charter. we have agreed. with respect to matters

pertaining to the events of

1999.

to establish a Commission of Truth and Friendship

(CTF). The creation and exercise of the Commission is our way of working together to

reveal the factual truth of the nature, causes. and the extent of reported violations of

human rights that occurred in the period leading up to and imme<liately following the

popular consultation in East Timor in

1999.

4. We are heartened at the progress of our bilateral relations since the establishment of

diplomatic relations between our two countries. Apart from the work of bilateral

consultation mechanisms covering,

inter alia,

border issues; legal matters; trade,

investment and finance; transport and communication: and social, education and

cultural issues; all elements of society, including government officials at the highest

lcveL have

been

engaging in intensive and direct cont.Kts. During the two and half

years that the Commission was at \1v·ork. the two Ｈｾｯｴｭ ｴｲｩｾﾷｳ＠

!nade

tremendous

progress

in

addressing residual issues and in pursuing further bilmeral cooperation.

5. The Commission's mandate began in 2005. Its inquiry Ｑｾｮｴ｡ｩｬ･､＠ a document review and

a fact-find:ng process. The documents included the ｲ･ｰｯｲ ｾ＠ by the Indonesian National

Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights Violations in East Timar in

1999

(KPP-HAM) and the Ad-hoc Human Rights Court on East Ti111or in Indonesia as well as the

Special Panels for the Serious Cri1rn:s (SPSC), and the Commis!.iion of Reception, Trnth

and Reconciliation (CA YR) .in Timor-Leste. The fact-finding process included public

ｨ･｡ｲｩｮｾｳＬ＠ closed hearings. stutement takings. interviews and written submissions .

6. We take into account that the events leading up to and immediately after the popular

consultation of

1999

had been greatly influenced by the complexity 0f the prevailing situation in Indonesia as well as in East Timor at that time.

7. We accept the findings. conclusions. and recommendations of the Commission and

recognize that gross violations of human rights occurred prior to and immediately after

the popular consultation in East Timor in

1999.

8. On behalf of the Government of Indonesia and the Government of Timor-Leste, we

express remorse to all those who suffered immeasurable pain and physical and

psychological wounds as direct or indirect victims of violations of human rights that

occurred in the period leading up to and immed iately following the popular

consultation in East Timor in Augu5t l 999.

9. We commit to the faithful implementation of the Commission· s recommendations and

to taking other necessary initiatives to further promote friendship and reconciliation

between the peoples of the two countries. We both understand that these

recommendations shall be comprehensively integrated in a Plan of Action with

on the agenda of th Joint Ministerial

omm1ss1on

for Bilateral

Cooperation.

The

implementat: on of the Plan of

ction, where appropriat , would welcome the

participation

of

relevant stakeholders, including

civil

ciety.

10. We highl., appreciate the work of the Commission and acknowledge the daunting

difficultie · that

it

had to

vercome

as

it carried out its ta

ｫ ｾ Ｎ＠ lfor

over. we commend

the

way

it

pr

mptly

developed the mechani ms ··tip llated

in its TOR

thereby

facilitating its work. By

working as It did. the

Commission contributed to ,he growth of

peace and prospcrit. in the two nations. We al o

adm[tc

the commitment dedication

i1

tegrity and profi ssionalism with which the Commis ioners caffi ,d out their tasks.

11. V/ , thank the Commissioners for their report and declare that the mandate of the

C1.. mm]ssion is fulfilled and concluded.

12. We the two

G

n:ernrnents shall forward th

r "port to c,ur respective National

Parliaments and

make it availali]e

to t.he public.

13. Vv'c

ｾ［ｨ｡ｬ ｬ＠

task our respective Ministers of Foreign

ffairs o

make joint presentations of

the

rc·port to the international

communit ..

l

i.

Finally \

e cnll upon our peoples to join hands

2nd

work for a better future in the spirit

of

reco11(;iliation and friendship.

Done in Bali on th\.: fiHetnth

day

of

July

.in the

yea1

two thousand and eight.

For

The Republic of Indonesia

Signed

DR.1L.:5J!§.iloj3ambang

ｙｵ＼Ｚｊｨ ｟ ｵ｟ｹｾＱｮｯ＠

President of he Republic of 1ndone!; ia

For

The '

emocratic Repu lie of T imor-Leste

Signed

QB.

ｊｯｳｾ ｟ ｒ｡ｭｯｳＭｈｑＱｩ｡｟＠

Pre ident of

The Democratic Rep tb!i c <)f Timor-Leste

Signed

K(jl_dala

XaHana

Gusmao

ｪｐｲｩｾ ｩｮｩｳｴ･ｲ＠ of The.,0'emocratic Republic