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11 quotes by Jose Ramos-Horta

José Manuel Ramos-Horta GCL AC (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈʁɐ muz ˈɔɾtɐ]; born 26 December 1949) is the United Nations' special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS). He was appointed to this position on 2 January 2013. Previously, he was special envoy to fellow Lusophone country, Guinea-Bissau, and was the President of East Timor from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012, the...
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The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its terms... →

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Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of... →

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We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea... →

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The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who... →

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In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of... →

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The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two... →

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The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in... →

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Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and to look at the... →

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It would be a mind-boggling endeavor to try to identify each individual who claims to have been a survivor of victimization during this period of 24... →

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We do have some assistance from the World Bank but not from the IMF. We are not borrowing yet, but we are considering, in the future, borrowing from... →

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We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate... →

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