Australia East Timor Friendship Association S. A. Inc.
invites you to two public meetings in May. Details below –
1.) PUBLIC MEETING on Sunday 15 May 2016 at 3pm
Speakers:
* AETFA Committee tribute to committee member Bill Fisher
(died 22 February 2016)
* David Willis, Flinders University
– “Three Choices for Timor: Contending with small state geopolitics”
* Spokesperson from the East Timor Students Association of SA (t.b.c.)
– Latest developments in Timor-Leste
Followed by questions and discussion
TIME: 3 PM
DAY: Sunday
DATE: 15 May 2016
VENUE: FILEF Centre, 15 Lowe St Adelaide (Entrance at rear)
Drinks and nibbles provided
This public meeting will follow the AETFA SA AGM at 2pm
For more information contact:
Andrew (Andy) Alcock
Information Officer
Australia East Timor Friendship Association SA Inc
Email: andyalcock@internode.on
Phone: +61 8 83710480; 0457 827 014
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2.) Special Invitation
Come to the Public Forum
‘Breaking the Silence’
Hear West Papuan Leader:
Benny Wenda
6.00 pm for 6.30 pm
Thursday 19 May 2016
Lecture Theatre Napier 102, (First Floor Napier Building)
University of Adelaide
North Terrace Campus
(download map at www.adelaide.edu.au/campuses)
Benny Wenda, who is currently exiled in Oxford, England:
� is a West Papuan independence leader and an international lobbyist for the independence of West Papua
� has acted as special representative of the Papuan people in the British Parliament, United Nations and European Parliament
� was appointed in 2014 as the spokesman for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), a new organisation uniting the three main political organisations struggling for the independence of West Papua
� has been nominated for the second year in a row for the esteemed Nobel Peace Prize, awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for those who have �done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses�.
https://www.bennywenda.org/biography/
Entry gold coin donation For further info please contact:
Dave Arkins 8345-4480 dave-arkins@bigpond.com.au
Rosemary McKay 0433 101568 scotiaforever@hotmail.com
The forum is presented by Australia West Papua Association (SA) Inc. ; United Nations Association of Australia SA Division Inc.; Australian Institute of International Affairs, SA Branch; Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Adelaide; Australia East Timor Friendship Association, SA Inc.; The Women�s International League for Peace and Freedom SA Branch; Sister Janet Mead and The Romero Community