UN General Assembly
2011

professionalizing the police and defence forces; implement structural reforms in the State Administration’s management; create systems and structures to ensure good governance, while continuing to support capacity-building in the justice sector; introduce fairer social policies to reduce the imbalance that existed in the society, taking into account the physical, moral and psychological damage of a 24-year- long war, and here I am speaking about veterans and the elderly, who sacrificed themselves for our independence and who, directly or indirectly, have suffered the consequences of a devastating war; encourage structured policies on education, health and agriculture; and promote a coherent economic policy throughout Timor-Leste to encourage the fledgling private sector. In 2009, on the tenth anniversary of the referendum, the Government launched a new motto: “Goodbye conflict, welcome development”. The people of Timor-Leste embraced this motto wholeheartedly. In looking forward to the period 2011-2020 we are confident that we are now truly becoming a more stable and tolerant society that is peaceful by nature. We also have the necessary optimism to initiate a bolder period of development.