(4 Aug 2005)
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Bali, Indonesia - 4 August 2005
1. Wide of meeting
2. Mid of East Timorese Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta (right of screen) and Hassan Wirayuda, Indonesian Foreign Minister (left of screen)
3. Close up of Ramos Horta pan to Wirayuda
4. Meeting in progress
5. Sign of "Meeting in progress"
6. Wide of news conference
7. Cutaway to media
8. Indonesian and East Timorese Foreign Ministers at table
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Wirayuda, Indonesian Foreign Minister:
"The commission is to establish the conclusive truth in regard to the events prior to and immediately after the 'popular consultations' of 1999 with a view to further promoting reconciliation and friendships and ensuring a non-reoccurrence of similar events."
10. East Timorese delegation
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Ramos Horta, East Timorese Foreign Minister
"There are still many people with deep wounds because of the events of the past. Indonesia itself internally has to deal with its own history of violence in the past. It is building a democracy...fragile, difficult still. We cannot do it overnight. We are building a state, that we want to do, based on solid foundations, still fragile almost every second. So we have to understand the difficulties that each side face. And that's why we believe that the Truth and Friendship Commission (CTF) is the best way to address the events of the past...(19)99, to do justice to the victims. The victims must be respected. "
12. Delegates at news conference
13. Ramos Horta and Wirayuda shaking hands
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Dili, East Timor - 1999
14. Close up of damaged building, pull out to wide
15. Various of decaying body in river
16. Various of Indonesian military barracks burning
17. Various of refugees on quayside, loading goods on boat
18. Various of refugees on boat
19. Various of Australian troops patrolling the streets of capital at sunset
STORYLINE:
A truth commission which will investigate violence carried out by Indonesian security forces during East Timor's break for independence met for the first time on Thursday, saying its goal was not to punish but to heal past wounds.
The "Truth and Friendship Commission" has no power to prosecute but the governments of East Timor and Indonesia have praised it as a way to heal past wounds without jeopardising future relations.
"The purpose of this commission is truth and reconciliation," Indonesia's Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said after the ten panel members met behind closed doors on the resort island of Bali.
East Timorese Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta said it was important that each side understand the other.
"And that's why we believe that the Truth and Friendship Commission (CTF) is the best way to address the events of the past, " Ramos Horta said.
Nearly 1,500 people died when the Indonesian military and their proxy militias went on a killing, looting and burning spree in 1999 after East Timorese voted overwhelmingly to end nearly 25 years of Indonesian occupation.
The ten commission members - five from each country - spent their first day getting to know one another and discussing logistics.
The real work begins later, they said, when panellists interview people and review documents that could shed light on the extent of the violence and who was to blame.
However, victims of the rampage and human rights workers have been critical of the commission, saying the United Nations should continue to push for an international tribunal, similar to the ones held for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
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