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Fix this textNo. 418 (No. 18 of 1996
Fix this textFortnightly
Fix this text25 October 1996
Fix this text• The changing face
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Fix this text• UNSW vaccine project
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Fix this text• More to Olympics
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Fix this textNobel winner will help
Fix this textthe mouse roar louder
Fix this textOne of the catchcries of UNSW’s Di-
Fix this textplomacy Training Program when it
Fix this textwas formed in 1989 was ‘Teaching
Fix this textmice to roar”. That roar may now take on a
Fix this textdeafening sound since the announcement
Fix this textthat program founder, Visiting Professor to
Fix this textthe Faculty of Law, Jose Ramos-Horta. has
Fix this textwon the Nobel Peace Prize.
Fix this textThe prize was jointly shared by two promi-
Fix this textnent opponents of Indonesian rule in East
Fix this textTimor, Professor Ramos-Horta and the is-
Fix this textland’s Catholic Bishop, Carlos Filipe
Fix this textXimenes Carlos Belo. The former Portu-
Fix this textguese colony of East Timor was annexed
Fix this textby Indonesia in 1975. UNSW bestowed its
Fix this textown award on Jose after learning he had
Fix this textbecome a Nobel laureate.
Fix this textThe Vice-Chancellor, Professor John
Fix this textNiland, announced at a special meeting
Fix this textwith Jose at the university on 14 October
Fix this textthat his title of Honorary Associate with the
Fix this textFaculty of Law would be elevated to Visit-
Fix this texting Professor status.
Fix this textProfessor Ramos-Horta, who holds a Mas-
Fix this textters degree in international relations, told
Fix this textUniken that he was greatly honoured to
Fix this texthave UNSW’s new title bestowed upon
Fix this texthim and he fully intended to maintain his
Fix this text“happy association” with the Faculty of
Fix this textLaw. He was a founder and later Executive
Fix this textDirector of the innovative Diplomacy Train-
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Fix this textthe program and continues to teach in its
Fix this textcourses and work for it during his travels
Fix this textoverseas.
Fix this textThe program aims to teach indigenous peo-
Fix this textples and national minorities how to “play
Fix this textthe system” when trying to make their
Fix this textvoices heard in the international arena.
Fix this textHence, the early catchcry of teaching the
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Fix this textParticipants in the month-long certificate
Fix this textcourses have come from a variety of coun-
Fix this texttries including Australia, Philippines,
Fix this textTibet, West Papua, New Caledonia, Palau,
Fix this textEast Timor, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Viet-
Fix this textnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Burma and El
Fix this textSalvador. Some of the courses are run at
Fix this textUNSW and others are held off-shore.
Fix this textProfessor Ramos-Horta will be one of the
Fix this textparticipants at the next course which is to
Fix this textbe conducted in the Philippines in January
Fix this text1997. Those taking part will study interna-
Fix this texttional law, the laws of human rights, theory
Fix this textand practice of diplomacy, regional organi-
Fix this textsations, effective use of the media,
Fix this textnegotiation, lobbying, the United Nations
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Fix this textTowards the end of the courses, partici-
Fix this textpants will be involved in an all-day United
Fix this textNations Security Council role-playing class.
Fix this textOne of the founders of the program, Professor
Fix this textGarth Nettheim, of the Faculty of Law, said
Fix this textthe program was intended to support United
Fix this textNations ideals regarding human rights.
Fix this textThe chairperson of the Diplomacy Training
Fix this textProgram and Head of the School of Law,
Fix this textMs Susan Armstrong, said the Nobel Peace
Fix this textPrize award to Jose was a well deserved
Fix this textrecognition for his fight for East Timorese
Fix this textfreedom from Indonesia’s military rule and
Fix this textat the same time would provide a great fil-
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Fix this text“It will really help put the spotlight on the
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Fix this textThe Faculty of Law celebrated the honour
Fix this textto Professor Ramos-Horta with a special
Fix this textschool lunch on 21 October.
Fix this textThe self-proclaimed exiled foreign minister
Fix this textwho has been fighting for self-determina-
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Fix this textthat his calendar is quickly filling up with
Fix this textappointments. On 26 October he will meet
Fix this textAustralia’s Foreign Minister, Alexander
Fix this textDowner.
Fix this textProfessor Ramos-Horta is more than confi-
Fix this textdent that democracy will be put in place in
Fix this textEast Timor by the turn of the century.
Fix this text“And, unlike the complex Middle East situ-
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Fix this text“There should be no difficulty putting the
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Fix this textProfessor Ramos-Horta will receive the
Fix this textNobel Peace Prize and his share of the
Fix this text$1.42 million prizemoney at a ceremony in
Fix this textOslo on 10 December, the 100th anniver-
Fix this textsary of the death of the Swedish inventor
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Fix this textHe said he would not personally take any
Fix this textof the prizemoney and proposed to use
Fix this texthalf of the money in setting up an East
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Fix this textinstitutions abroad and the remainder to
Fix this textassist Timorese prisoners and also the
Fix this textBurmese people.
Fix this textMedical researchers given $1/2m spectrometers
Fix this textSometimes the nicest things happen to
Fix this textmass spectrometrists. For those who
Fix this textrun UNSW’s Biomedical Mass
Fix this textSpectrometry Unit, their happy event was
Fix this textthe unconditional gift of over $500,000
Fix this textworth of state-of-the-art mass spectrometers.
Fix this textAs a result of a restructuring of some re-
Fix this textsearch facilities at St Vincent’s Hospital, a
Fix this textteaching hospital of UNSW, two mass
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Fix this textBMSU to complement the unit’s already
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Fix this textThe mass spectrometers had been donated
Fix this textto St Vincent’s by Mr Ray Williams, the
Fix this textChief Executive of HIH Winterthur, one of
Fix this textAustralia’s largest insurance companies,
Fix this textwho was more than happy that they be
Fix this textmoved to UNSW.
Fix this textBut Mr Williams at the same time donated a
Fix this textnew Hewlett-Packard “Engine” mass
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Fix this textwhich cost over $300,000, brought the value
Fix this textof the three instruments he gave to UNSW
Fix this textto about $550,000 and added considerably
Fix this textto the research capacity of the BMSU.
Fix this textIn particular, the instruments provided by
Fix this textMr Williams have added the capacity for
Fix this textquantitative analysis of low-molecular-
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Fix this textforming negative ions. This mode of opera-
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Fix this textAssociate Professor Mark Duncan, Director
Fix this textof the BMSU, and Dr George Smythe, the
Fix this textmass spectrometrist from St Vincent’s Hos-
Fix this textpital, who joined the BMSU in February,
Fix this textnow claim that their unit is the best-
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Fix this textProfessor Duncan said Dr Smythe had
Fix this textbrought a wealth of experience to UNSW.
Fix this text“For just over 20 years Dr Smythe worked
Fix this textat St Vincent’s.
Fix this textDuring that time he published over 100 ref-
Fix this textereed papers and he also formed a strong
Fix this textworking relationship with Mr Williams
Fix this textwhen Mr Williams began including St
Fix this textVincent’s in the wide range of his philan-
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Fix this textAt a function to mark the installation of the Hewlett-Packard Engine mass
Fix this textspectrometer, Mr Williams (centre of photo) was warmly thanked by (from left)
Fix this textProfessor Darty Glover, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine; Associate Professor
Fix this textDuncan; Professor Tony Wicken, UNSW's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic
Fix this textAffairs); and (seated) Dr Smythe. Photo courtesy Medical Illustration Unit.
Fix this textThe Dean of Law, Professor Paul Redmond, Ms Armstrong, Visiting Professor
Fix this textRamos-Horta and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Niland met at UNSW on 14
Fix this textOctober after Professor Ramos-Horta was announced a joint winner of the Nobel
Fix this textPeace Prize.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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