Jose Ramos-Horta Professions : Former President of East Timor Born : December 26, 1949 Browse All Authors Top 17 quotes by Jose Ramos-Horta We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty. Jose Ramos-Horta philanthropy rights believe More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms. Jose Ramos-Horta forgiveness courage inspirational Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are civilians, women and children. How can arms manufacturers, weapons designers, plant managers, politicians, who have families of their own whom they love, be so insensitive when it comes to the suffering of other human beings? Jose Ramos-Horta pain love-is children Free education and health care are essential for the welfare of the population. Jose Ramos-Horta free-education care health I believe in being compassionate. Jose Ramos-Horta i-believe compassionate believe The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution. Jose Ramos-Horta joints doe friendship We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds. Jose Ramos-Horta ties law sea In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development. Jose Ramos-Horta iraq use two The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two governments, who have a lot of integrity, professional competence, and who have credibility in their respective countries. Jose Ramos-Horta independent integrity country The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on. Jose Ramos-Horta support appreciate government A treaty is not a Bible. We can also review. Jose Ramos-Horta environment Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and to look at the institutional failings. Jose Ramos-Horta look responsibility truth together The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly. Jose Ramos-Horta government believe people way 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. Jose Ramos-Horta try who individual survivor Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not. Jose Ramos-Horta open problems structure victim We do have some assistance from the World Bank but not from the IMF. We are not borrowing yet, but we are considering, in the future, borrowing from the Kuwait Fund to support our infrastructure development. Jose Ramos-Horta future support development world We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance. Jose Ramos-Horta need support independent development Similar Authors Xanana Gusmao former-president-of-east-timor All Authors
