AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoHealth Milestone: The WHO has validated Timor-Leste’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, marking the end of suspected endemic trachoma in the WHO South-East Asia Region and a major step toward the global 2030 blindness-prevention goal. 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, with Timor-Leste preparing to lay all four bishops to rest together at the Metropolitan Cathedral. Climate Justice at LDC Meeting: Nepal’s agriculture minister Gita Chaudhary used a Least Developed Countries ministerial meeting in Dili to highlight the Bhotekoshi flood’s human toll and damage, urging a unified push for climate justice. Government Planning: Timor-Leste’s Council of Ministers met in Dili, reviewing costs of renting heavy equipment and fuel for infrastructure projects and presenting the 2027–2030 Medium-Term Plan to drive development priorities. Regional Energy Links: Oil & Gas Asia 2026 opened in Kuala Lumpur with a stronger focus on market access and project pipelines, including collaboration with Timor-Leste for energy cooperation.
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