Irish-East Timorese Relations

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Irish-East Timorese Relations
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The Republic of Ireland and East Timor are on friendly terms.

history

The Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW) patrols East Timor as part of INTERFET
Irish Minister Damien English and East Timor’s President Francisco Guterres (2019)

Both the island of Ireland and the island of Timor are politically divided into an independent state and a province of a larger neighboring country, which temporarily controlled the entire island. However, in Timor there are not even the slightest attempts to politically unify the parts of the island to form Greater Timor . Both the Republic of Ireland and East Timor are shaped by the Roman Catholic faith .

Ireland was one of the few states in the European Union and the United Nations to support East Timor early on in its quest for independence from the occupying power of Indonesia . Ireland abstained from resolution 3485 of the United Nations General Assembly in November 1976, which condemned the occupation of East Timor by Indonesia; The same applies to further resolutions on East Timor in 1979 and 1981. Besides Portugal , the western states supported Indonesia as an ally in the Cold War . The turning point was not brought about until the Santa Cruz massacre . At the urging of Portugal, the European Union condemned Indonesia for the massacre. The then unemployed Irishman Tom Hyland founded the East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign (ETISC) in early 1992 with a view to the events in support of East Timor , which began to put pressure on the Irish government. Between 1992 and 1996 alone there were 65 inquiries in the Dáil Éireann (Irish House of Commons) about the situation in East Timor. The influence of the ETISC was particularly great during the left government coalition 1995-1997 and brought the East Timor conflict onto the agenda of the European Union through the EU Council Presidency in the second half of 1996, against the resistance of the governments of the United Kingdom and Germany . In recognition of its services, the organization received the Ordem de Timor-Leste from President Taur Matan Ruak in 2015 . Hyland is now the Honorary Consul of East Timor in Dublin .

Irish Foreign Minister David Andrews was visited in April 1999, the first foreign minister of the European Union, since the occupation of East Timor by Indonesia the country. The EU appointed him their special envoy for the territory. Hyland accompanied Andrews on the trip. John Kirby , Bishop of Clonfert and chairman of Trócaire , the official development aid organization of the Irish Catholic Church, visited East Timor in July 1999. The visit served as a show of solidarity by the Irish Catholic Church for Dili's Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and the East Timorese Church . The Irish Catholic Church and Trócaire have been denouncing human rights violations by the Indonesians in East Timor for years.

Ireland supported East Timor on the road to independence by sending troops to the International Armed Forces East Timor (INTERFET), the United Nations Interim Administration for East Timor (UNTAET), the United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor (UNMISET) from 1999 to 2004. Ireland selected East Timor as one of the core countries for its development aid in March 2003. Between 2003 and 2007 the European state supported the Southeast Asian development aid with 20 million euros. In February 2008, shortly after the attack on the East Timorese government , Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern visited East Timor. He offered to temporarily take in the approximately 600 East Timorese soldiers who deserted in 2006 , including the assassins and who sparked the unrest in East Timor in 2006 .

diplomacy

Ireland's Ambassador Patrick Bourne presenting his accreditation to President Francisco Guterres

East Timor and Ireland established diplomatic relations on January 31, 2003.

East Timor has an embassy in London . In Dublin, East Timor has the honorary consul Tom Hyland.

In 2008 Ireland sent a special envoy in Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan , to share with the East Timorese government the experience of the peace process in Northern Ireland . Ireland had a representative office in Dili (Escritório de Representação da Ireland) , but it was closed in October 2012 for cost reasons. It was administered from the Irish embassy in Singapore , whose ambassador is responsible for the Philippines and Brunei in addition to Singapore and East Timor . The current Irish ambassador for East Timor is Patrick Bourne .

Entry requirements

In contrast to entry into the other states of the European Union, citizens of East Timor need a visa for Ireland.

Irish citizens receive a visa for 30 days upon entry into East Timor.

economy

As in the United Kingdom (and especially in Dungannon, Northern Ireland ), the Republic of Ireland has a larger East Timorese community of migrant workers. They benefit from special rights that give them the same status as the citizens of Portugal within the European Union.

For 2018, the East Timorese statistical office only reports the import of house components from Ireland to East Timor with a value of 2,292 US dollars.

Web links

Commons : Irish-East Timorese Relations  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kathryn Robertson: Ten years on in Timor Leste , August 31, 2009 , accessed January 9, 2018
  2. ^ How Ireland can help a free East Timor , March 6, 1999 , accessed December 30, 2017.
  3. ^ A b Stephen McCloskey, Paul Hainsworth: East Timor Question: The Struggle for Independence from Indonesia , 2000, ISBN 978-0-85771-229-5 .
  4. ↑ Action from Ireland (AFRI): From Doolough to Dili and back , June 10, 2015 , accessed December 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ embassypages.com: Consulate of Timor-Leste in Dublin, Ireland , accessed December 30, 2017.
  6. ^ The Sunday Tribune: Irish Bishop returns from E Timor , July 11, 1999 (on ETAN ), accessed January 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ a b Irish Aid: Timor Leste , accessed December 30, 2017.
  8. ↑ The Age: Ireland offers to take 600 sacked Timorese soldiers , February 22, 2008 , accessed January 9, 2018.
  9. ↑ United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN TIMOR-LESTE AND ... AS OF ... , accessed on January 21, 2018.
  10. ↑ Embassy Magazine: Elizabeth Stewart: Rebel with a cause , February 18 ( memento of the original from July 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 12, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.embassymagazine.com
  11. ^ Website of the East Timorese Ministry of Foreign Affairs - List of the East Timorese consulates ( Memento of February 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 20, 2012
  12. ↑ embassypages.com: Consulate of Timor-Leste in Dublin, Ireland , accessed December 30, 2017.
  13. ^ Website of the government of East Timor: Embaixadas em Timor-Leste , accessed on July 11, 2016
  14. ↑ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tánaiste's statement on the Embassy closures , November 3, 2011 , accessed December 30, 2017.
  15. ^ Embassy of Ireland in Singapore: Ambassador Keating , accessed December 30, 2017.
  16. ↑ President of East Timor: KOMUNIKADU Imprensa PREZIDENTE Republika SIMU KARTA KREDENSIÁL HUSI NASAUN UALO , February 28, 2019 , accessed on February 28 of 2019.
  17. ↑ Introduced with Regulation (EU) No. 509/2014 (PDF) of May 15, 2014, which came into force on June 9 , 2014.
  18. ↑ Irish Naturalization and Immigration Service: Check if you need an Irish visa , accessed February 18, 2018.
  19. ^ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Timor Leste Travel & Advice , accessed December 30, 2017.
  20. ↑ Global Voices: After Brexit, Timor-Leste Workers Are Worried About Their Future in the UK. June 27, 2016, accessed July 13, 2016.
  21. ^ Institute of Development Studies: Brexit and Timorese workers in the UK. August 5, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  22. ↑ Sapo Notícias: Governo altera leis eleitorais para que timorenses em Portugal e na Austrália possam votar. December 16, 2016, accessed December 16, 2016.
  23. ↑ Direcção-Geral de Estatística: External Trade Statistics Annual Reports 2018 , accessed on April 17, 2019.