UN General Assembly
2021

“Timor-Leste welcomes the recommendations in the Secretary-General’s report entitled Our Common Agenda for how we can best respond to our current and future challenges. In that regard, my Government has contributed $50,000 to support the Secretary-General’s efforts. We have come to the end of the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020. We have not, however, seen much progress in its realization. It is therefore important that our pandemic recovery efforts should focus on addressing the barriers that have prevented the realization of the Istanbul Programme of Action from doing the same to our achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Above all, Timor-Leste reiterates that SDG 16 will be a catalyst for development, given that peace, justice, inclusion and strong institutions will create the necessary conditions for economic growth and constitute the foundations for decent work, health education and prosperous nations.