64. Another member of the Working Group, while expressing support for the proposals made and some of the recommendations adopted by the Working Group at its fifth session, stated that he did not agree with the recommendation that apartheid should be studied by the Sub-Commission as a separate agenda item, since there already existed a working group of the United Nations dealing especially with apartheid.
65. A representative of the Minority Rights Group, pointing out that the. Working Group at its previous session had remarked that not enough information was available on colonialism as a collective form of slavery, drew the Working Group's attention to the situation in East Timor, as described in a publication circulated to members by his organization. He stated that the process of decolonization in East Timor had not been accomplished due to Indonesia's military occupation of that country, which had resulted in great suffering for the people of East Timor and the denial of their right to self- determination in violation of the United Nations Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. He referred to a number of Security Council and General Assembly resolutions which had opposed the annexation of East Timor by Indonesia and called for the withdrawal of Indonesian forces. Unfortunately, very little had been done by the international community to secure the implementation of these resolutions and to ensure that the people. of East Timor would enjoy their right to self-determination.
He recommended that
the Working Group should bring the report in question to the attention of its superior organs with a recommendation that they call on the Government of Indonesia to implement the relevant United Nations resolutions on the question.