Vietnam represented at quarterly meeting of ASEAN Committee in Geneva
VOV.VN - Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other international organisations in Geneva, attended a quarterly meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Geneva on September 23.
Indonesian Ambassador Febrian A. Ruddyard, permanent representative of Indonesia to the UN, briefed participants of the outcomes of the 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summit which were organised from September 4 to September 7 in Jakarta by Indonesia as ASEAN Chair in 2023.
The summits featured the participation of around 2,500 delegates from 10 ASEAN member states, 12 partner countries, and nine international organisations.
As many as 90 documents were adopted, including several important ones such as the Chairman’s Statement of the 43rd ASEAN Summit, ASEAN Community Vision 2045 and ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on the ASEAN Human Rights Dialogue. In line with this, Indonesia handed the ASEAN chairmanship in 2024 to Laos.
At the meeting, Ambassador Mai and the representatives of the missions of ASEAN member states discussed and agreed on the common activities and initiatives of the bloc and shared ideas of both the nation and other ASEAN member states at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the WTO, and other multilateral forums in Geneva.
Ambassador Mai also informed the participants about the Vietnamese decision to run for seats at a number of forums and proposed ASEAN member states and Timor Leste support the Vietnamese candidacy.
The participants consented to enhance ties, as well as cultural, sporting, and culinary exchanges to enhance understanding and solidarity of the ASEAN community in Geneva, thereby helping to popularise the regional bloc’s identity in the international arena.
