NA official meets diplomats from IPU member countries
VOV.VN -Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau met on May 4 the ambassadors and heads of diplomatic representative agencies of the Asia-Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) member countries.
The NA official briefed them on the agenda of the IPU’s upcoming symposium on response to climate change.
The symposium for the Asia-Pacific region on response to climate change – lawmakers’ actions to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is set to transpire from May 11-13 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The conference includes three sessions on SDGs and the IPU’s role; gender equality promotion and health improvement amid climate change response; opportunities, challenges and response to climate change; international commitments and requirements for lawmakers; and rallying resources for SDGs.
Giau who is also deputy head of the symposium’s organising board said that the event provides a platform for parliaments, parliamentarians, sponsors and international organisations to share experience and promote cooperation in executing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Twenty countries registered to participate in the symposium, which is co-organised by the IPU and the Vietnam NA.