East Timor could serve as model for UN mission in Libya

BY ANDREW RETTMAN

Unarmed UN-hatted police supported by African Union and Arab League soldiers as well as Nato air-lift and sea-lift capabilities is emerging as the preferred model for a post-Gaddafi peacekeeping mission in Libya.

The UN special advisor for post-conflict planning in Libya, Ian Martin, told press in Istanbul on Thursday (25 August) that he is looking to set up an "integrated advance mission" in order to restore public security, rebuild public services and help rebel leaders, the Transitional National Council (TNC), to make preparations for democratic elections.

Countdown to real independence

By Klas Lundstrom*

Blackouts remain a significant part of East Timor's capital, Dili, although Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has promised the country's thirteen districts electricity by the end of the year - a promise which Gusmao is to realise with money from the country's oil fund, a fund increasingly tainted by corruption scandals and the falling US dollar.

In front of Dili's tiny harbour, headlights illuminate the night. This is the United Nations' industrial area, protected by warning signs, barbed wire and two bored security guards. They chain smoke cigarettes, talk and watch the night traffic pass by. What do the guards protect? Containers, generators, water tanks and tractors - a surplus of logistics that nobody uses in a society that lacks roads, clean water and electricity. Instead, this equipment has ended its days here, in the transit hall of the UN.

Xanana Gusmao: Address at Dedication of 100 Houses for F-FDTL

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE 

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER 

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE 

KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO ON THE OCCASION OF THE CEREMONY 

FOR THE DEDICATION AND DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT CONCERNING 

THE CONSTRUCTION OF 100 HOUSES FOR F-FDTL

26 August 2011 

Metinaro 

Your Excellency the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Mr Fu Yuanchong, 

Your Excellency the Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Júlio Tomás Pinto, 

Your Excellency the Chief of the Defence Force, Major-General Taur Matan Ruak, 

Distinguished guests, Officers, NCOs and Privates of F-FDTL, 

Our young Nation would never have become a sovereign and independent State without the effort and sacrifice of all those who took arms and fought against the occupier for a quarter century. F-FDTL, the successor of FALINTIL, the armed resistance against the enemy, are today modern Armed Forces, characterized by a strong spirit of discipline, a high sense of duty and patriotic pride. Despite the human and logistic limitations that unfortunately still persist, F-FDTL have a remarkable operational capability, as they have shown in the missions in which they have been involved.

Forgive and forget as Dili signs Jakarta defence pact

MARK DODD

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EAST Timor's small army will be supplied with Indonesian weapons after the signing of a ground-breaking agreement between the two countries that were once deadly enemies.

Australia has 380 military personnel in the half-island state and has a close security relationship, but some in the capital, Dili, complain that Canberra can be excessively bureaucratic in its dealings on defence.

On a recent visit to Dili, Indonesian Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, who also serves as Defence Minister, signed a memorandum of understanding covering security co-operation, including training and military logistical support.

UN Peacekeepers to Keep their Date and Withdraw after East Timor Presidential Elections in 2012

Business & Tecnology - Vinti Vaid - Monday, August 29, 2011

The United Nations will finally wind up its peacekeeping services in East Timor in 2012, and all preparations to keep within this deadline are in full swing. It was almost six years ago that the East Timor government enlisted the United Nations peacekeeping efforts in 2006, following unprecedented civil riots and factional fighting that was taking one of the youngest nations in the world to the brink of internal strife and civil war.

United Nations is involved, and United Nations security forces have been protecting the nation because of long-standing political and historical events. To understand the significance of the UN security forces finally handing over the baton to East Timor, one needs to know how the current scenario came about and how the coming date with East Timor presidential elections in 2012 is so vital to this emerging nation.

Timor's Oil: Blessing or Curse?

By Guteriano Neves 

Oil has different meanings for different societies. For developed societies like the United States, Japan, and Western Europe, oil is like an addictive drug that people only want more and more of. It enables them to go everywhere. It helps them cook and regulate the temperature of their dwellings. Without oil, people in these societies couldn’t sustain their way of life. For these reasons, many countries go to war for the sake of securing access to oil.

However, oil has different significance for developing countries whose economies heavily depend on exporting oil and gas. When oil was discovered in their territory, it was their expectation that oil exports would help to boost their domestic economy through creating jobs, improving human resources, developing the non-oil economy, building infrastructure, and funding other social services. But this has rarely come to pass.

Xanana Gusmao: Beyond EITI The Transparency Model for Timor-Leste

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE (EITI)

“Beyond EITI. The Transparency Model for Timor-Leste”

Dili Convention Centre

26 August 2011

Your Excellencies

Ladies and Gentlemen,

First, I would like to salute all those who have come from afar, flying over continents and oceans, to take part in this important Regional Conference. I hope all of you will have a pleasant stay. For those who are visiting Timor-Leste for the first time, may this be just the first of many visits.

Second, I must give a special salute to our dear friends from the Republic of South Sudan. Your presence here in Timor-Leste fills us with joy!

Fakta Tentang Isaac Newton

Terlahir Prematur

Isaac Newton lahir sebelum waktunya alias prematur. Ketika lahir, ia bahkan diperkirakan tidak akan bertahan karena tubuhnya yang sangat kecil.

Hampir Menjadi Petani

Newton terlahir di keluarga petani. Ketika menginjak usia 17 tahun, ibu Isaac Newton bersikeras agar ia menjadi petani. Jika bukan karena pamannya, ia tidak akan pernah kuliah di Universitas Cambridge.

Ó Firaku, Ha’u Kaladi

Hakerek hosi : Xisto Viana - Estuda iha Faculdade de Letras-Universidade do Porto-Portugal

 Hanorin-na’in iha Universidade Timor Lorosa’e - Porto, 13 de Agosto de 2011

Horiuluk bei’ala sira otas

Husik hela lia-menon ba ita bei-oan

Imi temi firaku ka maluk kaladi

Hodi hadomi malu liután

Firaku no kaladi, ne’e lia-murak

Nu’udar lia-abut lisan rai ne’e

Ó temi sorin-balun, ha’u temi sorin-seluk

Ita rua maun-alin ka’ut ida de’it

Diskursu PR Ramos Horta Iha Serimonia Atu Rekonhese Funu Nain Husi Frente Armada Resistensia Timor Nian

DISKURSU HUSI ESELENSIA PRESIDENTE REPUBLIKA DR. JOSÉ RAMOS-HORTA PREMIU NOBEL BA PÁS (1996) IHA ANIVERSARIU FALINTIL NIAN BA DALA 36 SERIMONIA ATU REKONHESE FUNU NAIN HUSI FRENTE ARMADA RESISTENSIA TIMOR NIAN 

Dili, 20 Agostu 2011 

Nai Ulun Uma Fukun Timor nian (Senhor Presidente Parlamentu Nasional) 

Senhor Primeiru Ministru 

Senhor Xefe Estadu Maior General F-FDTL 

Veteranus Luta Libertasaun Nasional 

Militares Falintil-FDTL 

Ilustres konvidadus 

Eselensias 

Ho laran kmanek maka, iha aniversariu ba dala tolu nulu resin nen Falintil nian hau ata presidi serimonia nebe ita nia rai fo sasin publiku ba rekonhesimentu no hatudu ita nia gratidaun ba funu nain Frente Armada Resistensia Timor nian. Frente Armada nebe iha tinan rua nulu resin hat nia laran hatutan ahi liberdade ita nia rai nian, sai nudar ahi oan ida nebe ho segredu lakan wain iha ita nia povu nia futar fuan. Frente Armada maka fo moris ba frente resistensia sira seluk, hanesan : 

– Frente Diplomatika nebe ne-neik maibe konkista, husi tinan ba tinan, apoiu no simpatia ba ita nia luta husi rai seluk iha mundu, ba nesesidade atu rona no respeita direitu ba autodeterminasaun Timor oan sira nian; 

– Frente klandestina nebe habelar resistensia husi foho ba knua sira, ba vila no sidade, lori halu ita nia resistensia sai diversifikadu liu tan hodi nune fo’o presaun ba forsa okupantes sira; 

World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani Indrawati Praises Timor-Leste for improved Transparency

Dili. August 26, 2011. World Bank managing Director, Sri Mulyani Inndrawati yestaerday, congratulated the Government of Timor-Leste for improving transparency and accountability in the management of its natural resources. Timor-Leste has secured compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparancy Initiative (EITI) which commits governments to disclosing the revenues They earn from oil, gas and mining, and his holding the first regional Conference for the Asua-Pacific. 

'This import initiave gives Timor-Leste the opportunity to manage its precious oil revenues for the future security and propsperity of its people, and it is a mark of the progress Timor-Leste has achieved that it was admitted to the EITI", said Sri Mulyani. 

Xanana Gusmao on Telecommunications Liberalisation

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY OF TIMOR-LESTE REGARDING 

Telecommunications Liberalisation

Díli

18 August 2011

Your Excellencies

Ladies and gentlemen,

The Timor-Leste Chamber of Commerce and Industry plays an important role in our country’s ongoing development by representing the interests of an extensive and influential membership from our business sector.

Our economy is growing rapidly, benefiting from substantial investment in the physical infrastructure we need – roads, bridges, electricity, water and waste among others.

We are also investing in our human infrastructure – improving our population’s access to health services and education. These are all essential foundations for developing a thriving business sector – one that brings better products and services to our people, creates jobs and opportunities for all segments of our society.

RI – Timor Leste Sepakati Peningkatan Kerjasama Pertahanan

Oleh:  Madiwibo

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Untuk meningkatkan dan memperluas hubungan bilateral dan hubungan persahabatan, Pemerintah Republik Indonesia dan Pemerintah Republik Demokratik Timor Leste (RDTL) menyepakati kerjasama pertahanan dan keamanan. Kesepakatan kedua negara tersebut ditandai oleh penandatanganan nota kesepahaman (MoU) di bidang penguatan hubungan pertahanan kedua negara dalam forum Bilateral kedua negara, Jumat (19/8), di Kantor Kementerian RDTL.

Penandatanganan MoU dilakukan oleh Menhan Purnomo Yusgiantoro bersama Menhan Republik Demokratik Timor Leste Xanana Gusmao, dan disaksikan oleh, Menteri Perdagangan RI, Mari E. Pangestu, Staf Ahli Menhan Bidang Politik, Prof. Dr. Susanto Zuhdi M. Hum, Tim Pakar Manajemen Kemhan, Silmy Karim, Dirkersin Ditjen Strahan Kemhan, Brigjen TNI Wahyu Suhendar, Kapuskom Publik, Brigjen TNI Hartind Asrin. Selain itu terdapat staf perwakilan dari Kemendag, Dirjen Kerjasama Perdagangan Internasional, Gusmardi Gusmai, dan Direktur Kerjasama Bilateral, Pradyawati.

Xanana Gusmao: Speech on occasion of reception for Minister of Defence of Indonesia

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO ON THE OCCASION OF THE RECEPTION FOR THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF INDONESIA, MR PURNOMO YUSGIANTORO

19 August 2011

Hotel Timor

Dili

Your Excellency, the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Purnomo Yusgiantoro,

Distinguished guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Your visit,  distinguished  Minister, particularly on a  date so  full of symbolism  in affirming Timor-Leste as a sovereign and independent State, fills us with gratitude, and represents another important step in the strengthening bonds of friendship between our two peoples.

Satu Hari di Hulu Sungai Nil - The Source of the Nile River

(foto: BB) rerumputan hijau sepanjang
perjalanan menuju hulu sungai Nil

(foto: BB) tugu di pintu masuk hulu
sungai Nil, North Uganda

30 Juli 2011, hari yang bahagia. Pemandangan indah memanjakan mata sepanjang perjalanan menuju Sumber Mata Air Sungai Nil, the Source of the Nile River. Hujan lebat menemani di tengah perjalanan kian menambah keindahan pemandangan alam sekitar. Ada rerumputan hijau terbentang luas sejauh mata memandang, ada pula hutan terlindung dengan pohon-pohon besar berumur ratusan tahun, dan tentu saja melewati deretan bukit berbukit serta dataran luas yang indah mengesangkan, melukiskan keindahan sang pencipta.

“Estado Frágil” no “Fratura Sociológica”: Teoria ka Ideologia?

Hanoin Ruma Husi FORUM MAUBISSE – parte II

Martinho G. da Silva Gusmão*

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Ita rona bebeik liafuan “estado frágil”, “state-building”, “peacebuilding” nst. Tópico ida ne’e mos mosu iha FM-1 no FM-2, maski la hetan debate maka’as. Maibe, too ohin loron la iha justificação husi aspecto epistemologia no teoria social ka teoria política. Hodi dehan ho liafuan seluk, conceito “estado frágil” sai liu hanesan insinuação política no la’os teoria política. Nudar insinuação política, conceito ida ne’e mosu deit iha “relatório” (ONU, Banco Mundial, ka ONG internacional) no pesquisa regional hodi obriga aan atu halo conclusão universal. Tan sa? Ohin loron, mundo internacional hasoru problema boot wainhira Portugal no Grécia husu “bail-out” tan la agoenta ho situação financial no economia. Espanha no Itália tama iha “alarm” emergência. Seidauk hotu, Europa hahu tama oituan iha violência rasial (Inglaterra, Fransa, Áustria, nst). Agora, EUA fuan fekit maka’as atu oinsa mak resolve sira nia tusan be butuk rai loos no husu atu halo retificação atu resolve lalais. Pergunta simples deit: tan sa UE–EUA la tama iha “estado failhado” no “frágil” nia laran, maski iha risku laran?

Husi "Revolução" Ba "Evolução" Too "Involução": Hateke ba Makaer-ukun Foinsae Sira

Hanoin Ruma Husi FORUM MAUBISSE (FM) – parte 1

Martinho G. da Silva Gusmão*

Molok atu tama ba referendum 1999, Igreja Católica liu husi Dom Carlos F.X. Belo, SDB no Dom Basílio do Nascimento halibur politiku nain sira iha Dare I (1998) no Dare II (Jakarta, 1999). Evento ida ne’e organiza husi Comissão da Justiça e Paz, Diocese Dili. Hateke ba eleição geral 2012, dala ida tan Uma Kreda liu husi Dom Basílio do Nascimento (ho presença Dom Norberto Amaral no Dom Alberto Ricardo) lidera makaer-ukun sira atu hamosu Maubisse I (2010) no Maubisse II (Palácio Nobre, Lahane 2011). Iha biban ida ne’e, Comissão da Justiça e Paz Diocese de Baucau mak sai facilitador, hamutuk ho sarani leigo sira ne’ebe professional no intelektual.

Foti husi filosofo Blaise Pascal, Dom Basílio do Nascimento ne’ebe kaer processo FM dehan katak “Nos ombros dos velhos, vemos mais longe” (husi katuas sira nia kbaas leten, ita hateke dook liu tan). Maski nune’e, ema balun hateten katak liafuan “katuas” ka “fuk mutin” la dun diak. Diak liu hateten “geração 1975” hodi compara ho “geração actual”, “geração potencial” ka “geração emergente”.

“Heresiologia” no “Seitas”: Hanesan Na’an Resto iha Profeta nia Nihan Ku’ak Laran (Hanoin oan Ruma ba Dr. Matias no Dr. Silvério husi UNTL)

Martinho G. da Silva Gusmão *)

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Timor Post halo entrevista ho Dr. Matias Guilherme no Dr. Silvério dos Santos Soares no publika ho titulo “Igreja Persiza Hakbesik Aan ba Sarani Sira” (Kinta, 28 Jullu 2011: 14). Hare husi titulo, ita hanoin katak Sarani sira mak terus no mate mohu, tan ne’e Igreja precisa hakbesik aan ba sira atu fo tulun. Maibe, afinal “seitas no religião foun” barak mak tama iha Timor Leste nune’e Igreja Católica precisa halo dialogo ho sira. Hau fiar katak, titulo (judul) no conteúdo (isi) la han malu – la iha lógica. La’os Sr. Matias no Sr. Silvério nia sala, tan jornalista sira mak hakarak hakerek nune’e. Tuir ha unia hare, se religião foun no Seitas mak mak sobu Sarani sira, tan sa mak Igreja tenki ulun moras ho sira? Sarani sira iha dever no direito atu halo reagem – ou, halo defesa ba ninia fiar no tradição. Ponto. La iha dialogo ho ema ne’ebe hakarak sobu no estraga paz no unidade nacional no Igreja.

Maski nune’e, iha hanoin lubuk ida mak bolu hau nia atenção: (1) “Religião foun no seitas”; (2) kritika hasoru Igreja; no “dialogo” ho religião sira seluk.

(1) Religião Foun no Seitas

Quase hanesan ona commom sense, katak, presença husi grupo Visão Cristão, Testemunha Jehova, no seitas lubuk ida (dehan katak, liu ona 19 iha Timor Leste) sai ona hanesan religião foun. Common sense ne’e mosu tan Povo Timor Leste loro-loron hasoru grupo ki’ik ida mak bidu tun bidu sae iha kintu kantu atu hanorin kona ba Jesus Cristo, Bíblia no buat seluk tan, maibe la hanesan ho buat ne’ebe Igreja Católica hanorin. Tan ne’e sira bolu “religião foun”.

Maibe, wainhira cientista sira hanesan Dr. Matias no Dr. Silvério mos hanoin katak Testemunha Jehova no Visão Cristão hanesan religião foun hotu, então problema sai oinseluk ona. Iha scientific ethos – matenek nain sira simu tiha common sense, maibe sira tenki halo esplikasaun ne’ebe naruk no klean atu ita bele kumprende.