Foreign Minister of East Timor Jose Ramos-Horta to Speak at JHU SAIS About the United Nations

Jose Ramos-Horta, senior minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize winner, will speak at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on Monday, 02/27 at 5:30 p.m. (a reception will precede the event at 5 p.m.)

Ramos-Horta will address the topic of "The United Nations and the United States: A View From Afar."

An internationally recognized leader of Timor-Leste-the world's newest democracy and the first new country of this millennium-Ramos-Horta shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize with his fellow countryman, Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, for their sustained efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict of East Timor based on the people's right to self-determination. After the Indonesian invasion in 1975, Ramos-Horta served in exile as the vice president of the National Council Maubere Resistance, an umbrella organization of pro-independence movements both within and outside of East Timor.

The event, which is open to the public, will be held in the Kenney Auditorium located on the first floor of the Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C. Members of the public should RSVP to the SAIS Southeast Asia Studies Program at 202.663.5837 or [email protected].

Members of the media who want to cover this event should contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or [email protected].