This day contained four different sessions. We started with Charm Tong and Charm Leng`s session; mobilizing for political and social change in Burma. Various guests from Timor-Leste attended the session which focused upon the history of Burma after the military Junta gained power in 1962. They also talked about other countries economical interest in Burma and how the international community fail by continually legitimizing the military regime. After the session an interesting round of questions followed.
The next session was the first of four communication workshops during the conference. In these sessions where supposed to define our lines of communications and identify the laureates needs. In the the first of these session we started on a very basic level. Why are we here and do we need to stay in touch? we had a good and visionary session that we will continue in the next session.
After lunch the Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs special envoy to Timor-Leste, Gunnar Stålsett facilitated the session Justice, Truth and Reconciliation. Gunnar Stålsett has been involved in Timor-Leste for a long time, especially since 2006, after the internal crisis in Timor-Leste, when he was asked by the Timorese president, Jose Ramos-Horta to facilitate dialogue between Timorese leaders concerning Justice, Truth and dialogue. In this dialogue Stålsett aimes to make the timorese deal with its past, and not forget it. During the session he also commented on the Laureates issues and home countries such as Burma and Zimbabwe.
We wrapped up the day with a trip to the beach near the statue of Jesus outside of Dili. Most of us took a bath in the ocean, and some of us had a short session of Tai Chi with Antero Benedito da Silva as the instructor.
Jonas Sønnesyn
