(MSN) President of Timor-Leste and Nobel laureate, José Ramos-Horta, has called for a rethink of governance and leadership structures in Nigeria, emphasizing the need for policies that prioritize national interests over external influences. He noted that Nigeria, as a...
As we honour Professor Babafemi Badejo today, let us draw from his ideas, thoughts, and impacts in scholarship and his dedication to good governance and development. Nigeria’s history is one of resilience, one also of a history shaped by competing interests — of...
Abu Dhabi, February 3, 2025 The President and Nobel Peace Laureate J. Ramos-Horta, delivered a keynote speech today at the opening of the Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The event, hosted by Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam,...
Estoril Conferences is an international platform held in Cascais, Portugal, since 2009. It has been attended by Nobel Prize laureates and current and former heads of state. The events provide a platform to promote open dialogue on global challenges. On October 24,...
In Timor-Leste, incumbent president Francisco ‘Lu-Olo’ Guterres and the Fretilin party were defeated in both the 2022 presidential and 2023 parliamentary elections, marking a return to the conventions established during the state's independence. The election results...
Pope Francis met on Monday with East Timorese president José Manuel Ramos-Horta in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. Following the papal audience, President Ramos-Horta met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President of Timor-Leste in Gandhinagar on Jan 09. He held a bilateral meeting with José Ramos-Horta on the sidelines of 10th Vibrant Gujarat Summit. PM Modi will inaugurate the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 at Mahatma Mandir,...
Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta said Friday that he bore no anger towards Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state who died this week and had helped greenlight Indonesia’s December 1975 invasion of the former Portuguese colony. But Virgílio da Silva...
JOSÉ RAMOS-HORTA, President of Timor-Leste, spotlighting that his country is a young, imperfect and vibrant democracy, “an oasis of peace, tolerance and freedom”, said that, since its independence in 2002, the democracy is “alive and dynamic”. Noting that Timor-Leste...
Shangri-La Security Dialogue A World Adrift, Challenges, Leadership Speech By J. Ramos-Horta President of Timor-Leste Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1996) Singapore, 4th June 2023 Our World is leaderless, multilateral institutions are...
1st June 2023 Speech By J. Ramos-Horta Nobel Peace Laureate President of Timor-Leste Your Excellencies Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, The Hon. OH Young Hun, Excellencies, Distinguished, Esteemed Delegates I’m thankful for the kind invitation...
Gallery Text of Speech The 10th edition of the Global Baku Forum was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Mach 9-12. The Forum brought together over 300 participants, including current and former heads of state and government, Nobel laureates, international organizations,...
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"A religião é uma oportunidade efetiva de diálogo e encontro entre povos e culturas diferentes, como atesta a decisão do Parlamento de Timor-Leste que aprovou por unanimidade o Documento sobre a Fraternidade Humana, que assinei com o Grande Imã de Al-Azhar em 2019,...
"Religion provides genuine opportunities for dialogue and encounter between different peoples and cultures. The Timor-Leste Parliament bore witness to this in its unanimous decision to approve the Document on Human Fraternity that I signed with the Grand Imam of...
Presidential Palace Nicolau Lobato, Dili, 09 January 2023 President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta condemned today's invasion of Brazil's National Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential Palace by supporters Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro. "It is with deep...