CNRM North America tour 1993: Constancio Pinto speech

In 1993, the Timorese resistance umbrella CNRM (National Council of Maubere Resistance) sponsored a tour of Canada and the United States by a group of young Timorese. The tour showed that a new generation of resistance, educated under Indonesian rule, was now fighting for their homeland in the diplomatic arena.

Below is the speech given by Constancio Pinto, CNRM representative to the United States. 

CNRM North America tour 1993: Maria Braz speech

In 1993, the Timorese resistance umbrella CNRM (National Council of Maubere Resistance) sponsored a tour of Canada and the United States by a group of young Timorese. The tour showed that a new generation of resistance, educated under Indonesian rule, was now fighting for their homeland in the diplomatic arena.

Below is the speech given by Maria Braz.

CNRM North America tour 1993: Elizabeth Exposto speech

In 1993, the Timorese resistance umbrella CNRM (National Council of Maubere Resistance) sponsored a tour of Canada and the United States by a group of young Timorese. The tour showed that a new generation of resistance, educated under Indonesian rule, was now fighting for their homeland in the diplomatic arena.

Below is the speech given by Elizabeth Exposto.

CNRM North America tour 1993: Danilo Henriques speech

In 1993, the Timorese resistance umbrella CNRM (National Council of Maubere Resistance) sponsored a tour of Canada and the United States by a group of young Timorese. The tour showed that a new generation of resistance, educated under Indonesian rule, was now fighting for their homeland in the diplomatic arena.

Below is the speech given by Danilo Henriques.

CNRM North America tour 1993: Abe Barreto speech

In 1993, the Timorese resistance umbrella CNRM (National Council of Maubere Resistance) sponsored a tour of Canada and the United States by a group of young Timorese. The tour showed that a new generation of resistance, educated under Indonesian rule, was now fighting for their homeland in the diplomatic arena.

Below is the speech given by Abe Barreto Soares, CNRM representative to Canada.

The 1997 UN Decolonization Committee meetings: presentation by Nobel laureate Jose Ramos Horta

The 1997 United Nations Decolonization Committee heard from multiple Timorese presenters, including Jose Ramos Horta. Mr Ramos Horta was foreign minister of the 1975 Fretilin government, then the leading Timorese voice in exile, including as overseas spokesperson for CNRM, the National Council of Maubere Resistance. In 1996, he was named co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize along with Timorese Catholic Bishop Crlos Ximenes Belo. The 1997 Decolonization Committee meeting was a major opportunity for him to present from a higher profile than his earlier appearances before the committee. He used it to launch an appeal for increased UN involvement.

 

The 1997 UN Decolonization Committee meetings: CNRM presentation by Constancio Pinto

Multiple presenters spoke to the Timor item at the 1997 UN Deolonization Committee. Among them was Constancio Pinto, then living in the United States, on behalf of the Timorese resistance coalition CNRM (National Council for Maubere Resistance), founded in 1988. Mr Pinto's presentation follows.