For a number of years, the Commission on Human Rights had encouraged the Indonesian authorities to extend an invitation to the Working Group to visit the country and in particular East Timor. / See Commission resolution 1993/97 of 11 March 1993, paragraph 9; Commission Chairman???s statement of 9 March 1994 (E/1994/24-E/CN.4/1994/132, paragraph 482); Chairman???s statement of 1 March 1995 (E/1995/