by marywald | Sep 27, 2014
East Timor becomes newest member nation of UN On September 27. 2002, East Timor was inducted into the UN as the newest member nation of the millenium. The country’s flag was raised for the first time at the UN headquarters in New York. Attending the ceremonies...
by marywald | Aug 30, 2014
New Zealand: Time for a Small Country on the UN Security Council As the UN General Assembly prepares to decide which countries will fill two vacant seats for non-permanent members on the Security Council, Nobel laureate and former President of Timor-Leste argues that...
by marywald | Aug 17, 2014
Web and Social Media: Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta In 2012 José Ramos-Horta finished his term as President of East Timor (Timor-Leste) and took a UN Mission as Special Representative to the Secretary General in Guinea Bissau. Mary had maintained his web...
by marywald | May 20, 2014
In May, 2002, the United Nations, which had been administering East Timor, turned over the reins of the country to its new, democratically elected government, finally delivering to the Timorese people the freedom they have voted for in 1999. Dignitaries from around...
by marywald | Feb 20, 2013
Editorial: Mohammad Yunus and José Ramos-Horta Muhammad Yunus has called the Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar “the most persecuted people in the world.” He and José Ramos-Horta, writing for Huffington Post, said today that the treatment of this...