Dili Consensus is the name of the document that resulted from the one and a half day of meetings held at the Conventions Centre of the Timorese capital by 227 participants from over 48 countries who travelled to Timor-Leste to participate in this International Conference on the post-2015 Development Agenda under the theme: “Development for All: Stop Conflicts, Build States and Eradicate Poverty!”, that ended on February 28.
In preparing this document, the objective of the participating countries is to present a concerted stance taken by the group of the fragile states (g7+), the Pacific Islands and PALOP (Official Portuguese-Speaking African Countries) at the IV Meeting of the High Level Panel on the post-2015 Development Agenda scheduled for 25 to 28 March in Bali.
In this second and last day of the meeting, the participants started by presenting the conclusions of the five separate meetings held Monday, March 27, afternoon and which formed the basis for the preparation of the Dili Consensus. These separate meetings focused on two major topics: The Millennium Development Goals: The Big Push to 2015 and New Frontiers: What might the post-2015 development goals include. Presentations were made expressing concerns on climate change, good governance, State building and development, Peace building through Human protection and personal security, inclusive growth, job creation, poverty eradication, gender equality, among others.
The explanations on what is intended and on how the entire process of preparing the Post-2015 Development Agenda is being conducted were the responsibility of the Executive Secretary and Lead Author, Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Dr. Homi Kharas, through a video-message, and of Dr. David Hallam, Deputy Director of Post-2015 Development Goals, Cabinet Office/Department for International Development, United Kingdon, Dr. Oluremi Gabriel Sogunro, Adviser to the President, Republic of Liberia, and of Dr. William Palitondok Sabandar, Special Assistant, Indonesian President’s Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight, Republic of Indonesia.
The closing session started with the reading of the Dili Consensus by the Minister for Finance and Treasury, His Excellency Rick Nelson Houenipwela, representing the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, and the official closing was entrusted to the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão who stressed in his speech the capacity and the need of the fragile states “to build their path, their History”.