Canberra Tuesday 5 June, 2001

Dr Jose Ramos Horta speaks of challenges and opportunities

Nobel Prize winner Dr Jose Ramos Horta will this week present a public lecture on challenges and opportunities that face East Timor this year and in the future. Dr Horta is responsible for external affairs as a member of the transitional government and has been at the centre of developments in East Timor.

The past two years have been a time of great change for East Timor. Since the mayhem in September 1999, East Timor has been under United Nations jurisdiction.

On 30 August, the East Timorese will elect a constituent assembly that will draft East Timor's constitution and establish a future form of government. East Timor is facing a difficult future. It is one of the poorest nations on Earth, its infrastructure was almost completely destroyed in 1999 and much of its bureaucratic and commercial expertise was lost. Its timetable for transition to independence is ambitious.

This presentation is part of the ANU's Public Lecture Series.

What: Public Lecture on "East Timor Today - Challenges and Opportunities".
Who: Dr Jose Ramos Horta Where: Manning Clark Centre (Building 26A), Lecture Theatre 1, near Union Court, The Australian National University, Canberra.
When: Thursday 7 June 2001, from 7pm.

Please note: A splitter box will be available at this event for media

For further information please contact: Eliza Waterford, Marketing & Communications Division, 02 6125 4144 (W)

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