Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets Kamal Malhotra, new UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative to Vietnam, on January 23 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucwished Kamal Malhotra, new UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP ResidentRepresentative to Vietnam, a successful term at a meeting in Hanoi on January23.
Welcoming Malhotra to Vietnam, PM Phuc said hiscountry attaches special importance to relations with the UN and will remain anactive and responsible member of the UN and the international community,thereby contributing to peace, security and development in the region and theworld.
He described the current period as important tobilateral ties, especially 2017 which marks 40 years of Vietnam’s UNmembership.
Vietnam hopes the UN will continue bringing intoplay its role in keeping global peace and security, promoting respect tointernational law, and assisting countries to implement cooperation anddevelopment programmes, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmentand the Paris Agreement on climate change, he added.
For his part, Malhotra expressed his honour tobe assigned to Vietnam, noting that the UN highly valued Vietnam’s role andstature in this organisation and the global arena.
He congratulated the country on socio-economicachievements after more than three decades of Doi moi (reforms). It is also oneof the leading countries in fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals aheadof schedule.
He also welcomed Vietnam’s proactive, active andeffective participation in UN activities such as peacekeeping operations, theHuman Rights Council and the Economic and Social Council.
As the UN Resident Coordinator and the UNDPResident Representative, Malhotra pledged to work closely with Vietnamese andUN agencies to foster ties between the UN and Vietnam, successfully carry outcooperation and development activities, and fulfill Sustainable DevelopmentGoals.-VNA
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