International Relations
Speech to Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity
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...
President Ramos-Horta Honored at Global Baku Forum
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,...
PAPA DESTACA TIMOR-LESTE PELA ADOPÇÃO DO DOCUMENTO DA FRATERNIDADE HUMANA
"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,...
Pope Singles Out Timor-Leste for Adoption of Document for Human Fraternity
"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...
RAMOS-HORTA CONDEMNS POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN BRASILIA
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...
Jantar em homenagem a presidente do Timor reúne novo poder em Brasília
Correio Braziliense O advogado Antônio Carlos de Almeida Castro, o Kakay, promoveu, na segunda-feira, um jantar para o presidente do Timor Leste, Prêmio Nobel da Paz de 1996, José Ramos Horta. Ele veio ao Brasil para a posse do presidente Lula, com o propósito de...
Ramos-Horta appeals to Lula da Silva to promote peace in Brazil and also in Ukraine
Portuguese Lisbon, 03 Nov 2022 (Lusa) – Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta said today that Lula da Silva must combat polarization, calling Lula the ideal leader to pacify Brazil while also helping to resolve international tensions, as in the Ukraine. “I don't...
Taken hostage, Haiti is dying. Let’s take action now
More than 30 Heads of State, former Heads of State and former United Nations Under Secretary-General Adama Dieng co-signed an urgent appeal for the international community to act on the human catastrophe in Haiti. French versionEnglish PDFFrench PDF Opinion co-signed...
Muslim Council of Elders 2022 issues report on its achievements in 2022
The Muslim Council of Elders highlighted its efforts in promoting human fraternity in a report wherein it reviewed the achievements made during 2022. The report shed light on the ‘Document on Human Fraternity’ which was co-signed in 2019 by His Eminence Dr. Ahmed...
“We Are Ready To Join ASEAN”: José Ramos-Horta, Timor-Leste President | In Conversation
Channel News Asia, CNA, is a Singaporean multinational news channel that broadcasts free-to-air in Singapore and as a pay television channel internationally to 29 territories across the Asia-Pacific. On December 22, 2022, President José Ramos-Horta spoke with CNA...
For Timor-Leste president, Asean membership a lifelong dream
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/for-timor-leste-president-asean-membership-a-lifelong-dream PHNOM PENH – It was as a budding diplomat in the 1970s that Mr Jose Ramos-Horta, a man who would go on to win the Nobel Prize for his fight for East Timor’s...
Statement on Election of Lula to Presidency of Brazil
Statement to the Press From the President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta Regarding the victory of Luis Inácio da Silva In the elections in Brazil October 30, 2022 The people re-elected Lula for President of the Federal Republic of Brazil. The elections were...
Ramos-Horta Discusses Persecution of Lula on Radioi Brasil Atual, 2019
Three years ago I was interviewed on Radio Brasil Atual about the trumped up charges against Lula, invented to keep him from reclaiming the Presidency. As I said then, I had never seen a leader leave office after two terms with an approval rating as high as Lula's,...
Gallery: President Ramos-Horta Meeting With King of Cambodia His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni
President Receives Honorary Doctorate from Three Cambodian Universities
Cambodia, 21 October 2022 President José Ramos-Horta received the honorary doctorate degrees from three universities in Cambodia -- BELTEI International University, Cambodian University, and Paragon International University -- in recognition of his capacity and ...
Interview: President Ramos-Horta in Conversation with the Lowy Institute
President José Ramos-Horta in conversation with Michael Fullilove of the Lowy Institute, on Ukraine, China, mistakes and successes in Timor-Leste, the rising generation of leaders, and magic vitamins. "I start with the most disappointing and most unexplainable: that...