Vietnam emphasizes people-centered approach to promote sustainable development
VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, proposed a number of major co-operation directions of the G77 Group at the Third South Summit of the Group of 77 countries and China (G77+China) that took place from January 21 to January 22 in the Ugandan capital of Kampala.
At the event, UN leaders hailed the role of the G77 Group and China, with a population accounting for 80% of all people globally, as an important force for developing countries in terms of promoting fair international economic order, for a world of peace, prosperity, and development over the past 60 years.
They said that the G77 Group plays a decisive role in shaping the upcoming major UN processes, especially the Future Summit which is scheduled to take place later this year in New York.
The conference also witnessed the transfer of the G77 Chairmanship from Cuba to Uganda amid increasing climate, humanitarian, economic, financial challenges, and geopolitical tensions, while the process of carrying out sustainable development goals (SDGs) is at risk of stagnating or even going backwards.
At the conference, developing countries asked developed ones to make commitments aimed at further contributing financially, improving capacity, transferring technology, ensuring preferential access to finance, and taking measures to resolve debts for developing countries.
They therefore called for greater reform of the multilateral system, especially international financial institutions, in order to better meet the needs of developing states.
Countries also agreed to approve the summit’s documents, thereby underlining the need for relevant parties to urgently act to implement the SDGs according to the motto of leaving no one behind.
Leading the Vietnamese delegation to attend the event, Ambassador Giang proposed a number of major co-operation directions of the G77 Group.
Firstly, the Group needs to strengthen actions to co-ordinate in properly realizing the SDG implementation roadmap, with an approach that puts people at the centre of all development processes.
Secondly, science, technology, and innovation must become a key area of co-operation and the Group needs to take advantage of all frameworks to mobilize maximum capital and knowledge.
Thirdly, responding to climate change must be parallel with a fair energy transition process, on the basis of ensuring fairness and reasonableness, taking into account circumstances, specificities, as well as both economic and social development needs.
On the sidelines of the summit, Ambassador Giang had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bahamas to discuss specific measures to strengthen bilateral relations, including the signing of the Vietnam-Bahamas Framework Cooperation Agreement, the acceleration of visa exemption for citizens of the two countries.
The South Summit represents the highest-level meeting of the G77 Group and China, including 134 member states which are developing nations. The event aims to discuss emerging global issues and set out the Group's action directions at UN forums in the fields of economics, finance, and sustainable development.
This is the third meeting, after the ones in Cuba in 2000 and in Qatar in 2005. Moving forward, the fourth is expected to be held in 2029.
