It is a great honour for us to take part in this afternoon’s meeting of the Security Council. It is also a great honour to see you, Mr. President, presiding over the meeting. Australia is a neighbour and a friendly country that has supported Timor-Leste for many years in achieving peace and stabilit…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), whose member States are Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and my own country, Timor-Leste. I wish to remind members of the General A…
In September 2000, before becoming an independent country and while under the administration of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, we came to the General Assembly as observers in order to familiarize ourselves with the grand designs for the new century, in the form of the …
We thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting on Timor-Leste during India’s presidency of the Security Council.
Since December 1975, the issue of Timor-Leste has been on the agenda of the Security Council. Many Security Council resolutions have been adopted on Timor-Leste and many United Nations mi…
It is a great pleasure for me to address this great General Assembly for the second year in a row.
Last September, I tried to convey to the Assembly a message of progress and hope. Today I bring from the people of Timor-Leste a message of both joy and thankfulness.
The United Nations has been in T…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Asia and Pacific small island developing States as we pay tribute to the memory of His Excellency Mr. John Evans Atta Mills, President of Ghana. On behalf of the Group of Asia-Pacific States, I should like to extend our deep and heartfelt condolences and e…
It is with great satisfaction that I return today to the Security Council to participate in this debate on Timor-Leste. The relationship of the Timorese with the United Nations dates back 36 years, to the General Assembly’s adoption of its first resolution on my country, on 12 December 1975. Since t…
It is a great pleasure for me to be back at the United Nations Headquarters. Last February I had the honour of taking part in a Security Council meeting, where I took the opportunity to thank the permanent members and all
other nations that have been part of the Council for the generosity and care …
It is an honour and a great privilege for me to attend this important event to represent my country as both Minister of Health and the President of the National Commission to combat
HIV/AIDS in one of the youngest countries in the world. My President, His Excellency José Ramos- Horta, regrets that,…
I wish to thank the members of the Council once again for their interest, concern and help. I very much appreciate the statements made by all members. We will take your words back to our country and we will make every effort to do what the Council asks of us.
We remain committed to working together…
First and foremost, on behalf of the people I represent, please allow me to thank the Security Council and its permanent members, as well as all others who have walked in the Chamber, for the generosity and concern that they have shown in their resolutions on Timor- Leste. After more than five years…
I thank the Secretary-General for his very informative briefing.
May I, on behalf of Timor-Leste, thank you, Sir, and your country for holding this important thematic debate and for your kind invitation to us to join the Council on this very important occasion. My colleague, Minister of Finance Emi…
First, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and to thank you for giving me the opportunity to address the Council today. I would like to commend the Secretary-General for the report before the Council
(S/2010/522) and for th…
It is indeed an honour for me to represent my Government and my beloved country in this important debate and to present our Timorese experience in recovering from conflict over the past 10 years. I will keep my statement within the time limit, but I have circulated a more detailed text to representa…
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to address this Security Council meeting on Timor-Leste. For more than decade, the Security Council created various missions, from the United Nations Mission in East Timor in 1999 to the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today. The Council…
Allow me to first congratulate you, Mr. President, and your country on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. It is a great honour for me to be back in this Chamber and to share with Council members our opinion on the current developments in Timor-Leste, as well as some of o…
At the outset, let me join many other delegations in expressing my deep appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for having convened these plenary meetings on the responsibility to protect (R2P). We also appreciate the informal thematic dialogue held on this issue.
My delegation welcom…
First of all, allow me to begin by congratulating you, Ambassador Grauls, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council and to express my gratitude to you for convening this meeting. It is an honour to be addressing this eminent audience once again.
As the Special Representative of the Secret…
First, allow me to convey to the Council the regrets of Deputy Prime Minister José Luis Guterres, who had travelled to New York last week to attend this debate. But, as we all know, the incidents of 11 February compelled his early return to the country.
After the comprehensive and insightful presen…
First of all, let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate.
Allow me to express on behalf of the Government and people of Timor-Leste our sincere gratitude for the recent visit by the Security Council. In particular, my delegation wishes to thank Ambassador Kumalo and members of …
