Glossary and list of acronyms

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ABRI

Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia. Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia (renamed as TNI).

ACFOA

Australian Council for Overseas Aid.

ADB

Asian Development Bank.

AIETD

All Inclusive East Timorese Dialogue. Dialogue sessions among all Timorese (under the aegis of the UNO, from June 1995).

Aitarak

Pro-Indonesian militia led by Eurico Guterres in 1999

Aldeia

Hamlet or small village, basic unit of territorial division. Regrouped as sucos.

Apartismo

Portuguese doctrine of non intervention of the army in political affairs.

APEC

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation – a forum for economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.

APODETI

Associação Popular Democrática Timorense, Popular Democratic Timorese Association (party founded in May 1974, founded again in 2001 in the form of Apodeti-pro Referendum).

ASDT

Associação Social Democráta Timorense Social Democratic Timorese Association (founded in May 1974, becomes FRETILIN in September 1974, founded again by Francisco Xavier do Amaral in 2001).

ASIO

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Australian Intelligence Services.

ASUTIL

Timor-Leste University Students Solidarity Action.

ASEAN

Association of South-East Asian Nations founded in 1967.

BAKIN

Badan Koordinasi Intelijens Nasional, Agency for the Co-ordination of National Information Services (Indonesia).

BPS

Biro Pusat Statistik, Central Bureau of Statistics (Indonesia).

BRTT

Barisan Rakyat Timor Timur. East Timor People’s Front, founded by the pro-Indonesian leader Lopes da Cruz before the Referendum of 1999.

CAVR

(see CRTR)

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency (United States).

CIVPOL

Civil Police of the UNO, different from the military PKF (from 1999 in East Timor).

Concelho

Districts, numbering 13 at the end of Portuguese colonization, which became kabupaten during the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999).

CN

Conselho Nacional, National Council. Advisory council formed in November 1999 by UNTAET for representing different East Timorese political tendencies. It was presided over by Xanana Gusmão and later by Manuel Carrascalão; dissolved in July 2001.

CNRM

Conselho Nacional de Resistência Maubere. National Council for the Maubere Resistance (founded in East Timor in 1988; replaced by CNRT in 1998)

CNRT

Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorenses. National Council of Timorese Resistance (founded in Lisbon in 1998, dissolved in Dili in 2001, before the Constituent Assembly election).

CPD–RDTL

Popular Defense Committee of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. Movement formed by young Timorese in 1999, suspected of having been utilised by the Indonesian army (close to PNT of Abílio Araújo).

CRRN

Conselho Nacional de Resistência Revolucionário Revolutionary Council of National Resistance (Timor East, 1981; replaced by CNRM in 1988.

CRTR

Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation established by UNTAET in July 2001 (CAVR in portugues), to promote the East Timorese reconciliation process (until October 2005).

CTF

Commission for Truth and Friendship, Commission established jointly by Indonesia and East-Timor in 2005. The report of the commission was accepted by both countries on July 15, 2008

DPR

Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, Representative Council of the People (Parliamentary Assembly - Indonesia).

ETTA

East Timor Transitional Administration, Transitional Administration of the UNO in East Timor (working under the aegis of UNTAET).

FALINTIL

Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste, National Liberation Forces of East Timor (formed in August 1975, dissolved in January 2001: replaced by the FDTL).

FDTL

Forças de Defesa de Timor Lorosa’e, Defence Forces of Timor Lorosa’e (formed on February 1, 2001 as a substitute for Falintil).

Firaku

Populations of the eastern part of East Timor (Refer Kaladi).

FRETILIN

Frente Revolucionario do Timor-Leste Independente, Revolutionary Front for the Independence of East Timor (party founded in September 1974, as a substitute for ASDT).

Funu

Ritual wars amongst Timorese chieftaincies or?? against foreign populations (malai).

GOLKAR

Golongan karya. Functional group (political wing founded by General Suharto-Indonesia).

GPK

Gerombolan Pengacau Keamanan. Generic name given by the Indonesian army to “groups threatening security”.

Halilintar

Pro-Indonesian militia led by Joao de Tavares in 1999.

IEC

Independent Electoral Commission set up by UNTAET for supervising the August 2001 elections.

ICJ

International Court of Justice at The Hague.

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross.

IGGI

Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia, the international group of sponsors for Indonesia (dissolved in 1992, after the Santa Cruz events in November 1991, replaced by GCI).

IOM

International Organization for Migration.

Interfet

International Force in East Timor (formed by the Security Council of the UNO in September 1999, as a replacement for UNAMET, after the crisis which followed the declaration of the results of the referendum of August 30, 1999. Was replaced by UNTAET in October 1999).

JPDA

Joint Petroleum Development Area. Zone of joint development for exploitation of petroleum resources, negotiated in 2001 between the provisional East Timorese Administration (ETTA) and Australia (replaces the ZOCA of 1989).

Kabupaten

District (concelho during the Portuguese period).

Kaladi

Populations of the western part of East Timor (Ref. Firaku).

KomNas-HAM

Komisi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia, Indonesian Human Rights Commission

KOSTRAD

Komando Strategi Angkatan Darat, Strategic Command of the Army (Indonesia).

KOTA

Klibur Oan Timur Aswain, “Sons of the Mountain Soldiers” (Political Party founded in East Timor in 1974, founded again in 2001).

KPP-HAM

Komisi Penyelidik Pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia. Enquiry Commission on the violations of Human Rights, set up by Indonesia for an appraisal of the events in East Timor after the 1999 referendum. It submitted its report on January 31, 2000.

Liurai

Traditional Timorese chieftain.

Lulic

Ancient generic term for “sacred” in East Timor.

Malai

Ancient generic term for “foreigners” in East Timor.

Mambai

One of the main ethno-linguistic groups of East Timor in the mountains to the south of Dili.

Maubere

Term of the ethno-linguistic group Mambai used during the colonial period to make fun of the less educated peasants. The expression was taken up again by the first East Timorese separatists symbolizing their movement and was particularly used in the acronym CNRM.

MAWI

Majelis Wali Gereja Indonesia, Indonesian Episcopal Catholic Conference.

MFA

Movimento das Forças Armada, Movement of the armed forces (Portugal).

MIPLIN

Milicia Popular de Libertação Nacional, Popular National Liberation Militia established by the resistance in East Timor in the early 1980s.

MPR

Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat, Deliberation Assembly for the People (Indonesia).

NTT

Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesian province of the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda islands to which West Timor belongs.

OPMT

Organização Popular da Mulher Timor, Popular Organization of the Timorese Women (1975).

Pancasila

Ideology of the Indonesian regime.

PD

Partido Democratico, Democratic Party, founded in 2001 for the Constituent Assembly election by the Resistance fighter Fernando de Araújo (Renetil), formed a coalition with the Fretilin in September 2001, and with CNRT in July 2007.

PFSEL

Provisional Fisheries Surveillance and Enforcement Line-provisional agreement between Australia and Indonesia on fishing (October 1981), including the part of the Timor Sea which comes under East Timor (it establishes the sharing of resources based on the coastal median line).

PKF

Peace Keeping Forces (of the UNO), in East Timor from 1999.

Polri

Polisi Republik Indonesia, Police of the Republic of Indonesia (in charge of security during the referendum of August 1999).

PNT

Partido Nacionalista Timorense, National Timorese Party formed by Abílio Araújo in 1999 (favouring autonomy within Indonesia).

PSD

Partido Social democrática, Social Democratic Party founded in East Timor in 2001 by Mário Carrascalão.

Reino

Traditional Timorese kingdom or chieftaincy.

Renetil

Resistència Nacional dos Estudantes de Timor-Leste. National Resistance Movement of the students of East Timor from the 1980s.

Suco

Village (desa during the Indonesian period). Comprising several aldeias or “hamlets”.

Tetum / tetun

One of the main ethno-linguistic groups of East Timor. Its language, spoken particularly in Dili, has become the local language of the territory. It was used to celebrate religious ceremonies after Portuguese was banned. It is one of the two national languages along with Portuguese.

TNI

Tentara Nasional Indonesia, Indonesian National Army (ex-ABRI).

Trabalhista

East Timorese Labour Party founded in 1974; founded again in 2001.

Transmigrasi

Transmigration, Indonesian programme of population displacement from the densely populated islands of Java and Bali towards the “outer islands”.

UDT

União Democrática Timorense, Timorese Democratic Union (party founded in 1974; founded again in 2001 by João Carrascalão for the Constituent Assembly elections).

UNAMET

United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor (formed in June 1999 to supervise the referendum of self-determination, replaced by Interfet in September 1999).

UNETIM

União dos Estudiantes Timorense, Organisation of Timorese Students (East Timor).

UNMISET

United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (May 20, 2002-May 20, 2005), replaced by UNOTIL.

UN/UNO

United Nations Organization / United Nations.

UNMIT

United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (as a replacement for UNOTIL, from May 20, 2006).

UNOTIL

United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (as a replacement for UNMISET (May 20, 2005-May 20, 2006), replaced by UNMIT.

UNTAET

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (set up by the Security Council of the UNO in October 1999 as a substitute for Interfet).

UNTAS

Uni Timor Aswain. Union of the Heroes of Timor. Organisation created in February 2000, following the referendum for self-determination, to unite the former pro-Indonesian militia.

WHO

World Health Organization (UNO).

ZOCA

Zone of Co-operation Area, demarcated in the Timor Sea between Australia and East Timor from the time of Indonesian occupation (from 1989). Replaced by the JPDA (Joint Petroleum Development Area) in 2001.


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