AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoHealth Milestone: WHO has validated Timor-Leste’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, following multi-year field work and surveillance, marking a major step toward the region’s and global goal to end preventable blindness by 2030. Church & National Memory: The mortal remains of three former Church leaders—Bishop Jaime Garcia Goulart, Bishop José Joaquim Ribeiro, and Monsignor Martinho da Costa Lopes—returned to Dili on Sept 1, received with full military honours, ahead of a Sept 10 state and Church commemoration. Climate & Diplomacy: Agriculture Minister Gita Chaudhary used the LDC ministerial meeting in Dili to press for urgent climate justice after Nepal’s BhoteKoshi flood and landslide, calling for grant-based support and faster loss-and-damage compensation. Regional Security Support: Japan says it may expand free defense equipment aid to East Timor among other potential recipients under its official security assistance program. Governance & Planning: The Council of Ministers met in Dili, reviewing rising heavy equipment rental and fuel costs that could force updates to reference prices, and presenting the 2027–2030 Medium-Term Plan priorities.
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