Delegates at the event (Photo: VNA) The function was held by the Government ofTimor-Leste in partnership with members of the High Level Support Group forSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the G7 .
It saw the attendance of representatives of the UNSecretary General, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), SierraLeon, civil society organisations and the private sector .
The conference provided a platform to discuss andshare lessons on specific challenges facing fragile and conflict-affectedcountries in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
This is one of the plans included in the South-SouthCooperation which aims to accelerate development through the sharing ofexperience and technologies between developing countries.
In his opening remarks, Timor-Leste PresidentFrancisco Gutteres said although Timor-Leste was formed in 2002, the country ison the path towards SDGs.
According to the President, strategic targets set byTimor-Leste till 2030 include poverty reduction, health care, educationalequality, clean water and hygiene, clean energy, employment and economic growth,innovation and infrastructure, inequality removal, maritime environment andclimate change.
Earlier, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDPRegional Director for Asia-Pacific Haoliang Xu stressed the commitments made bythe world’s largest multilateral organisation to maintaining sustainable peace.
He also applauded international efforts inimplementing humanitarian development tasks.
Established in 2010, the G7 is an intergovernmentalassociation gathering 20 countries affected by conflicts and are reviving,including Chad, Central African Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leon,Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Sao Tome, Congo, Burundi, Afghanistan, Yemen,Somalia, South Sudan, Comoros, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, and SolomonIslands.-VNA
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