Timor-Leste had the honour of presiding the g7+ Heads of State Summit. The event (among 90 parallel events that occurred during the United Nations Summit for the revision of the Millennium Development Goals) took place on the 20th of September, in the UN D Conference Room, in New York.
The g7+ Summit received the high level delegations of 8 countries and counted with the presence of two Heads of State, five Ministers and Ambassadors. Timor-Leste was represented by the President of the Republic, José Ramos-Horta, the Vice-Minister for the Social Affairs, José Luís Guterres and the Minister of Finance, Emília Pires, also President of the g7+. Major Development Donors also participated in this g7+ meeting as observers, such as Portugal, Australia, France, the United Kingdom International Development Department (DFID UK), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The g7+ Summit main highlights were:
- The announcement of the Millennium Development Goals for the Timor-Leste Sucos in the Millennium Development Goals United Nations General Assembly;
- The g7+ Consensus Declaration approved by unanimity;
- The commitment of US$500.000 by the President of the Republic, Ramos-Horta;
- The g7+ Secretariat reinforcement, based in the Ministry of Finance, to serve the 17 member States in the leadership up to the 4.th High Level Forum in Busan, South Korea, in December 2011.
The member States agreed on the implementation of areas divided in four working groups: (1) capacity building development, (2) support equipment, (3) planning process and (4) political dialogue in the next months.