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Ceist:14 Mrs. Owen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he made known his concerns about East Timor to the Australian Ambassador to Ireland as promised at Question Time on 2 March 1994; and the Ambassador's response.
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14 Mrs. Owen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he made known his concerns about East Timor to the Australian Ambassador to Ireland as promised at Question Time on 2 March 1994; and the Ambassador's response.
19 Mr. McGinley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the latest information on the atrocities in East Timor being carried out by the Indonesian Government.
29 Mr. Clohessy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether Ireland has in the last six months taken any initiative at the EU or on a bilateral basis in relation to the policies and actions of the Indonesian and Australian Governments in relation to East Timor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
37 Ms Keogh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether Ireland has in the last six months taken any initiative at the EU or on a bilateral basis in relation to the policies and actions of the Indonesian and Australian Governments in relation to East Timor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
57 Mr. McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the latest information on the atrocities in East Timor being carried out by the Indonesian Government.
66 Mr. Sargent asked the asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he used the Anglo-Irish Conference to protest at Britain's supplying of Hawk aircraft to Indonesia; and if he will be using this mechanism in the future.
68 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will introduce trade sanctions against Indonesia; if he is concerned by the Irish Trade Board's invitation to Irish companies to trade with Indonesia; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
89 Mrs. Owen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the latest information he has on the atrocities in East Timor being carried out by the Indonesian Government.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 14, 19, 29, 37, 57, 66, 68 and 89 together.
The concerns of the Government at the human rights situation in East Timor and at the actions of the Indonesian authorities there are well known and have been expressed in this House on several occasions in the recent past. Since I last spoke on the matter in early March we have been working actively in pursuit of our policy: I met with members of the East Timor Solidarity Group and obtained a briefing on recent developments in East Timor; we have taken the matter up with our partners in the European Union; the Irish delegation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights were active at the recent session of the Commission in Geneva, and we have discussed the situation in East Timor with the Australian authorities.