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 years. — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
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 who was really a victim and who was not. — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms. — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education,… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
Free education and health care are essential for the welfare of the population. — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are civilians, women… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and to look… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty. — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
