Article: EAST TIMOR: ASEAN'S COMMITMENT TO NEW NATION TESTED

Article: EAST TIMOR: DOUBTS FESTER ABOUT ASEAN ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 25, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... multinational peace force in East Timor, holding up Thailand ... Asian Nations (ASEAN). Speaking in ... independence for East Timor. The arrival of ... Indonesia wants a fellow ASEAN member in control ... Annan, on which ASEAN country to head the UN forces in East Timor, ...

Article: East Timor seeks Thai help in joining ASEAN
Xinhua News Agency;  October 15, 2002 ;     505 words ... ... help in joining ASEAN BANGKOK, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- East Timor, the youngest country ... eventually join ASEAN," he said. East Timor, which gained independence ... Brunei in July. ASEAN is considering to absorb East Timor as an observer before ...

Article: ASEAN rules out immediate membership for East ...
AP Worldstream;  July 30, 2002 ;     446 words ... ... prevailing view that East Timor was in ASEAN's geographical footprint ... statement saying that ASEAN was prepared to engage East Timor in the long-term ... diplomatic schedule. East Timor has been ambivalent about ASEAN, which stood by when ...

Article: EAST TIMOR EXPRESSES DESIRE TO JOIN ASEAN.
AsiaPulse News;  October 8, 2002 ;     581 words ... ... expected to establish cooperation with a number of ASEAN member countries, and in the end East Timor would be part of ASEAN. Indonesia, as an ASEAN member country, is expected to help East Timor fulfil its wish for stronger bilateral and regional ...

Article: Regional Perspective: Asean's role in East ...
The Nation (Thailand);  July 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... 03-1998 THE East Timor issue can serve ... for run-down Asean to rejuvenate its ... s annexation of East Timor, any Asean attempt must not ... corridors of the UN. East Timor will represent a new challenge to Asean. Whatever the ...

Article: Indonesia, East Timor to conclude border agreement ...
Xinhua News Agency;  June 30, 2004 ;     482 words ...Indonesia, East Timor to conclude border agreement during ASEAN meetings JAKARTA ... Indonesia and East Timor will sign a border ... relations between ASEAN's biggest country ... prospective member East Timor, said Indonesian ...

Article: RIGHTS: EAST TIMOR CALLS FOR BURMA FREEDOMS AHEAD ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  June 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ruled country. "ASEAN (Association ... Ramos- Horta, East Timor's minister ... Newly independent East Timor has applied for ... observer status with ASEAN, as a precursor ... opposition to East Timor gaining observer status in ASEAN due to the support ...