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Santa Clara Gomes

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2003-03-10
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  1. “We also support them because they aim at preventing any backward movement away from a positive trend of which we are proud and in the conviction that, if we were to lose momentum, it would be costly for the country and for the United Nations to restore the situation. Finally, we must note that the additional financial resources required are quite modest compared with the large-scale investment that we have all made over the past few years. As in the past, Portugal will remain committed to the consolidation and development of Timor-Leste and to United Nations efforts towards that end. I am confident that the Security Council will not hesitate, in this final stage, to ensure through its decisions a happy end for this story, which has been one of success so far.”

    2003-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4715 (2003) · source

  2. “Keeping the envisioned handover date of May 2004 in place, the Secretary-General now proposes a reconfiguration of the military component and adoption of a revised phased approach to prepare the new country to better face existing threats. He also proposes enhancement of the operational capability of the international police component. These are short-term measures to promote security and, simultaneously, to increase the effectiveness and speed of the training of the Timorese police. As a country that is a major troop contributor to UNMISET, we support these recommendations, which seem entirely reasonable to us in the light of a changed situation.”

    2003-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4715 (2003) · source

  3. “It is a welcome confirmation that, despite all of the unforeseen circumstances - which no amount of planning can ever completely cover - the considerable international effort deployed so far is producing the expected results. But this encouraging conclusion of the Secretary- General, based on a careful examination of the country's evolution, should lead us to pay attention to all of his recommendations. However successful its story, Timor-Leste is still fragile, and unfortunately we see a sharp increase in the frequency and the magnitude of security-related incidents, some of them of a terrorist nature. That was not originally foreseen, and the proposed downsizing planned for UNMISET did not take such developments into account.”

    2003-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4715 (2003) · source

  4. “In the past three years, we have witnessed a dramatic change in the country, and the devastation produced by conflict has given way to peace, to institution-building and to the laying of the foundations for future prosperity. Timor-Leste is now a proud member of the United Nations, after having benefited from its support for nation-building. It was never envisioned that that support would be of unlimited duration. On the contrary, it was intended from the beginning that the United Nations would perform within a reasonable time frame the tasks that it assumed in the country. We are glad that the Secretary-General, in his report, considers that the mission can be completed within the period of time envisaged.”

    2003-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4715 (2003) · source

  5. “First of all, allow me to express my condolences to the Government and people of the Republic of Korea over the tragic death of five soldiers in Timor-Leste. Thank you for convening this open meeting of the Security Council to examine the quarterly special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) (S/2003/243). The report allows Member States to follow recent developments closely and to remain informed of progress in the implementation of Security Council resolution 1410 (2002). Thus far, Timor-Leste has been a success story for the United Nations and for the international community.”

    2003-03-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4715 (2003) · source