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5/6 Hum. Rts. Defender 1 (1996-1997)

handle is hein.journals/hurighdef6 and id is 1 raw text is: Human Rights Defender 5ti * Special Issue * December 1996, Volume 5, Number 4 March 1997, Volume 6, Number 1 ISSN 1039-2637 The 1996 Nobel Prize Lecture Jose Ramos Horta Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo and Josi heritage and conscience if I were to Ramos Horta on 10 December in Oslo start this Nobel lecture in another were awarded the Nobel Peace Price. language other than in the language Below is the Nobel Peace Prize Lecture that unites more than 200 million given by Jose Ramos Horta (@ The people in the five regions of the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm 1996). world. Your majesties, Honourable Members of the Nobel Committee, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Excellencies. With your permission, my first words will be in the language of Camoes, Fernando Pessoa, Agostino Neto, Jorge Amado and Xanana Gusmao. In spite of the brutal Indonesian colonisation and cultural repression of the past 21 years that attempts to eradicate a language and culture that reached our region almost 500 years ago, in East Timor this rich centuries- old language survives stubbornly. Being the second East Timorese or Portuguese nationality to be honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (the first is our respected and revered bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo), I would be failing my own historical It is with a deep feeling of humility that I join today with Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo to receive the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize that has been bestowed on the people of East Timor. My eternal gratitude to those who nominated me. I am for ever morally indebted to, and I can assure them, that God's modest gifts of health and wisdom to me will always be put to the service of peace and justice not only for my country and people but also for the cause of peace, freedom and democracy everywhere my faint voice can be heard. My deepest appreciation goes to the Nobel Committee for having chosen us for the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize. Your generosity in thinking of the wretched of the earth, and your courage in standing up to the might of States, the cynicism and indifference of too many, betrayal by some, tells a lot about the soul and history of courage of this great country of yours that fought bravely during World War II. In recent years Norway has played a central role in fostering dialogue and peace among historical enemies. In the Middle East and Central America, your discreet nature,

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