On March 15th 2017, within the group of P-ACP where Timor-Leste recently took over coordination for the second time since joining the ACP Group, the Embassy of RDTL Brussels organized and offered an informal lunch to discuss issues related to Climate Change. This first technical meeting organized by Timor-Leste was attended by the Embassies of Samoa, […]
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The Embassy of Timor-Leste to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union, Brussels attended the Workshop SIDS Capacity – Development aspects in the BBNJ Prepcom, “Healthy Oceans, Resilient Islands” held from 7 to 9 March 2017. The event was co-organized by the Government of Belgium and UNESCO-IOC and consisted in a workshop on
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An advanced team of official observers is already in Dili for initial preparations for the monitoring of the Presidential elections scheduled for 20 March 2017. The final pool of candidates was known on 18 February, after the Court of Appeal verified the 8 applications. Basque Izaskun Bilbao Barandica MEP leads the European Union’s Election Observation Mission
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Following a referendum held on 23 June 2016, in which 52% of votes cast were in favour of leaving the EU, the UK government intends to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (the formal procedure for withdrawing) by the end of March 2017. In January 2017, Theresa May, Prime Minister of
Statement from Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Official Spokesperson for the Government of Timor-Leste Timor-Leste ranked first in South East Asia in 2016 Democracy Index The Democracy Index 2016, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit on the 25th of January, has ranked Timor-Leste as the top
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In accordance with the resolutions taken at COP21 in December 2015, Paris, Timor-Leste has lauched its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) important step in the fight against climate change.
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Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT) won Parliament’s presidential election with 351 votes in a final face-off with Gianni Pittella (S&D, IT), who secured 282 votes.
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The Government of Timor-Leste has notified Australia on January 10, 2017 of its intention to terminate the Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea, signed in 2006. This notification will cease in three months. In a joint statement between Timor-Leste, Australia and the Conciliation Commission, it is recognized ” the importance of providing
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Under the Cooperation programme between Portuguese-speaking African countries and Timor-Leste (PALOP-TL) with European Union (EU), financed by the European Development Fund (EDF), the XII National Authorising Officers Meeting took place in the city of Praia, on 9 December. It was preceded by preparatory meetings on 7 and 8 December. The Ambassador of the Democratic Republic
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From 28 to 30 November 2016, HE Ambassador Francisco T. Cepeda participated in the 104th session of the ACP Council of Ministers. The meeting was highly represented by the majority of Ministers responsible for ACP affairs. In addition to the issues related to the future of the Group post 2020 and matters related to the European
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