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PresidentRamos-Horta can count on our bilateral and multilateral support for Timor-Leste in the present and in future.

It is a pleasure to hold today’s debate with President Ramos-Horta present, especially when recalling the terrible events of 11 February 2008.

In conclusion, I would like to reassure President Ramos-Horta and the Timorese people of the European Union’s unwavering commitment to assisting their country in achieving further positive results in their country’s stabilization and reconstruction and in addressing remaining challenges.

The reporting period also saw further progress in the resumption of primary policing responsibilities by the Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste in four more districts; the promulgation by President JoséRamos-Horta of an important national security legislative package aimed at strengthening the security sector; the development of the Justice Sector Strategic Plan for Timor-Leste, which incorporates most of the recommendations of the October 2009 independent comprehensive needs assessment of the justice sector; and the continued development of critical State institutions.

We particularly applaud the personal efforts of President Ramos-Horta in leading his nation throughout a period of uncertainty and enormous challenges.

I must also recall that in May 2006 then Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste Ramos-Horta came before the Council to plead for the support that our people needed, at a time when intolerance trumped constructive dialogue, so that we might find proper solutions.

My delegation is pleased to welcome President JoséRamos-Horta and to congratulate him on the important strides made in his country towards building a democratic system, and on having ensured security and institutional capacity following the February 2008 attacks against him and Prime Minister Gusmão.

We also congratulate PresidentRamos-Horta on his country’s participation in a United Nations peacekeeping operation, which promotes Timor-Leste from the rank of beneficiary of United Nations peacekeeping assistance to that of contributor to peacekeeping.

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Allow me also, above all, to welcome the presence among us of President Ramos-Horta in difficult family circumstances.

On 6 October, President Ramos-Horta hosted a ceremony in Dili to mark the handover of functions from the outgoing Commander of the Timorese armed forces (Falintil-Forças Armadas de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL)), Taur Matan Ruak, who resigned on 1 September 2011, to his successor, Major-General Lere Anan Timur.

On the reform of the justice sector, and on the need for an independent comprehensive needs assessment — and, of course, on strengthening the justice sector to provide greater accountability and to combat any perception of impunity — I would like to report that at the last meeting of the Committee on High-level Coordination, chaired by His Excellency Mr. José Ramos-Horta on 29 January, a decision was taken to quickly conduct an independent comprehensive needs assessment.

We remember the successful visit to Cuba by President Ramos-Horta last year and in particular his statement during the General Assembly debate on 25 September 2008 (see A/63/PV.10), when he courageously and firmly requested the lifting of the inhumane and criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade which has been imposed on Cuba for over 50 years.

spoke in Arabic): The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

In his address on 31 December 2010, the President of Timor-Leste, JoséRamos-Horta, emphasized the importance of fostering national unity and dialogue and credited the visible progress made since 2006 to the combined efforts of his Office, the Government, party leaders, including leaders of the Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente (Fretilin), the security forces, civil society, the Catholic Church, bilateral and multilateral partners, the United Nations and the international security forces, among others.

We hope that the environment of relative stability will be utilized to strengthen mechanisms for consultation and to further promote national dialogue and reconciliation, in line with the efforts already made to that end by President Ramos-Horta and the Government with the help of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) and United Nations agencies.

We are also grateful to President Ramos-Horta for his very tempting invitation.

We are very heartened to see the progress that has been made over the past year, in particular in the wake of the bloodshed of 2006 and last year’s attempts on the lives of both President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Gusmão.

Since UNMIT’s establishment, in 2006, both President Ramos-Horta and Vice-Prime Minister José Luís Guterres, as well as Mr. Atul Khare and Ms. Ameerah Haq, have reported to the Security Council on the progress achieved in Timor-Leste.

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The results saw only marginal gains in women’s representation at the village (suco) level despite the advocacy efforts of President José Ramos-Horta and my Special Representative, with the number of women elected as village chiefs increasing slightly from 7 to 11.

As a follow-up to the dialogue among national leaders co-hosted by President Ramos-Horta and by the Bishop of Baucau on 26 July (see S/2011/641, para. 11), another meeting is planned to be held prior to the elections.