The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on November 21 adopted by consensus a resolution on the UN-ASEAN cooperation, on the occasion of the 55th founding anniversary of the ASEAN and the 11-year comprehensive partnership between the two organisations.
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, chairs a UN General Assembly session (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – The United Nations (UN) GeneralAssembly on November 21 adopted by consensus a resolution on the UN-ASEANcooperation, on the occasion of the 55th founding anniversary of theASEAN and the 11-year comprehensive partnership between the two organisations.
The resolution, which has been approved in every two yearssince 2002, is co-sponsored by 115 UN members. It aims to affirm and promote thepartnership between the two organisations.
The resolution highlights the sound relationship between the two sides and the major achievements of the association, as wellas the progress of cooperation and the Plan of Action on the Joint Declarationon Comprehensive Partnership between them in the past two years.
The outstanding efforts mentioned in the resolution include thesecond ASEAN Women Leaders’ Summit in October 2022, the implementation of theHanoi Declaration on Strengthening Social Work Towards Cohesive andResponsive ASEAN Community, cooperation within the network of peacekeepingcentres, and collaboration in responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic aswell as promoting preventive diplomacy, preventing conflicts and buildingtrust.
The resolution also affirms that the UN and ASEAN willcontinue to enhance cooperation and share experience in many important areas inthe time to come, including sustainable development, strengthening dialogue onregional and global security issues such as conflict prevention, preventivediplomacy, disarmament and so on.
Introducing the draft resolution, Ambassador Sovann Ke, PermanentRepresentative of Cambodia to the UN, highlighted the central role of the ASEANin the region and its contributions to common efforts to safeguard peace,security, stability and sustainable development of the international community.
He also underlined the significance of cooperation betweenthe ASEAN and the UN, with the organisation of the 12th UN-ASEAN Summitin November 2022 and the implementation of the joint Action Plan for the2021-2025 period./.
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Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, chairs a UN General Assembly session (Photo: VNA) 
