d) To prepare the State Plan and the State Budget and execute them following their approval by the National Parliament; e) To regulate economic and social sector activities; f) To prepare and negotiate treaties and agreements and enter into, approve, accede and denounce international agreements which do not fall under the competence of the National Parliament or of the President of the Republic; g) To define and implement the foreign policy of the country; h) To ensure the representation of the Democratic Republic of East Timor in the international relations; i) To lead the social and economic sectors of the State; j) To lead the labour and social security policy; k) To guarantee the defence and consolidation of the public domain and the property of the State; l) To lead and co-ordinate the activities of the ministries as well as the activities of the remaining institutions answerable to the Council of Ministers; m) To promote the development of the co-operative sector and the support for household production; n) To support private enterprise initiatives; o) To take actions and make all the arrangements necessary to promote economic and social development and to meet the needs of the Timorese people; p) To exercise any other competencies as provided by the Constitution and the law. 2. It is also incumbent upon the Government in relation with other organs : a) To submit bills and draft resolutions to the National Parliament; b) To propose to the President of the Republic the declaration of war or the making of peace; c) To propose to the President of the Republic the declaration of the state of siege or the state of emergency;