State leader upbeat about closer Vietnam- UN ties
VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang on October 21 expressed his delight at the growing relationship between Vietnam and the UN during the past five years while receiving UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pratibha Mehta in Hanoi.
President Quang highlighted the effective implementation of numerous projects within the framework of the Joint Plan on Vietnam-UN Cooperation for 2012-2016 as a contribution to boosting Vietnam’s social-economic development.
Vietnam welcomes the support of the UN in general and the UN Development Programme in particular in the final stage of completing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and building National MDGs Reports, he told his guest.
He also acknowledged UN agencies’ help to Vietnam in building and preparing to implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
As an active and responsible member of the UN, Vietnam is ready to take part in the UN’s joint efforts for peace, security and development as well as to reform the UN.
In 2014, Vietnam sent soldiers to participate in the UN peacekeeping force and successfully fulfilled its role as a member of the UN Human Rights Council in the 2014-2016 tenure and the UN Economic-Social Council (ECOSOC) in the first year of its tenure, he said.
The inauguration of the Green One UN House in May, 2015, was also a highlight in the Vietnam-UN relationship as it helped strengthen the uniformity and cooperation across UN agencies in Vietnam, the President said.
He added that Vietnam appreciated UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s visit to Vietnam in May, 2015 and visits of many senior leaders of the UN Secretariat during the past five years.
The President lauded Pratibha Mehta’s tireless efforts in coordinating and ensure good coordination among UN agencies in supporting Vietnam as well as in directing attention from UN senior leaders and the community of donors to Vietnam.
On her part, on behalf of UN agencies in Vietnam, Pratibha Mehta thanked Vietnamese ministries and agencies for their cooperation with UN agencies.
Vietnam has an increasingly important position and voice at the UN, as the country’s contributions, particularly in poverty alleviation and realising the MDGs, have created trust in the international community.
UN agencies will help Vietnam address its priority issues based on a broader cooperation model, she added.