UN General Assembly
2013

Development Goals. The new objectives are defined in the post-2015 development agenda, due to be launched by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Timor-Leste is following, with great interest, the post-2015 development agenda process and was honoured by the invitation to Dr. Emilia Pires, our Minister of Finance, to participate in the High-level Panel that drafted a proposal for the agenda, following a request by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The past experience of the Timorese people and the country’s liberation struggle, in which we were engaged for 24 years, have demonstrated that only tolerance, dialogue and mutual respect, which the Timorese resistance consistently showed and I have consistently supported — in short, veneration for the dignity of people — will allow us to reach durable solutions to disputes between countries. In a world where challenges are rapidly becoming globalized, requiring concerted and effective responses, the actions of the United Nations are more than ever essential for the stability of international relations. Timor-Leste will continue to show its commitment to the United Nations, so that the Organization may