Speech by
Elizabeth Exposto,
Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
and Chief Executive Officer of the Land and
Maritime Boundary Office
at the
31st ANZSIL (Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law) Conference 2024

International Law: Crisis, Conflict and Cooperation Panel 1A: Combatting the Climate Crisis: International law and its role in balancing the power of asymmetry between developed and developing States in the context of climate change University of Melbourne Law SchoolMelbourne, Australia 3 July 2024 Thank you, Gitanjali, for your introduction and for bringing this panel together. […]

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Official ceremony celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Referendum (Tasi Tolu)

The official ceremony celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Referendum (Popular Consultation) took place in Tasi Tolu. The ceremony hosted 2,200 guests across three tents, with a main and a secondary stage for performances from cultural groups.

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MBO Briefings (19 August 2020, Google Meet)

Over Google Meet, the Maritime Boundary Office delivered a presentation on ‘Timor-Leste’s Maritime Boundary’ in Tetun to Officers of the Australian Defence Force who are in the final stages of their Tetun course in Melbourne. In fluent Tetun, the Officers asked questions on the Compulsory Conciliation process between Australia and Timor-Leste. They observed that this […]

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ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop: Dispute Resolution and Law of the Sea (27 – 28 February 2020, Dili)

Timor-Leste, Malaysia and Australia co-chaired the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop on Dispute Resolution and the Law of the Sea. The Workshop was held in Dili at the Ministry of Finance. The Maritime Boundary Office participated in the organising committee and worked closely with Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation as well as with […]

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The 2nd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop on Implementing UNCLOS and other International Instruments to Address Emerging Maritime Issues (13 – 14 November 2019, Hanoi, Vietnam)

The Maritime Boundary Office was invited to attend this workshop together with the Timor-Leste Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Hanoi, Vietnam. The forum focused on the existing maritime disputes in the region. It also looked into measures to efficiently implement UNCLOS and other international instruments to tackle these existing maritime challenges, including sovereign […]

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