Our students initially wanted more training in self-defence. We told them that the brain and the pen are the best weapons. They got the message. But the lessons learned inside the new training academy may have little value once the graduates take to the streets. But in East Timor today there are no trained laboratory technicians, no pathologists and the legal system, though operational, could not yet be described as functional.
Prisons are full to overflowing.
UN administrator Mr. de Mello admits his mission is flying by the seat of its pants. We are improvising. We are inventing new models for this kind of mission. Whether it will be successful, only time will tell. People say we are not ready.