"It would be a mind-boggling endeavor to try……" — Jose Ramos-Horta
"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."
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16 Quotes by Jose Ramos-Horta
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Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most…
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We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty.
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The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments…
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More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms.
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I believe in being compassionate,
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Free education and health care are essential for the welfare of the population.
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In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime -…
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We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the…
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The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent…
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The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that…
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The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of…
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Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It…
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