Vietnam chairs dialogue between ASEAN, President-elect of UN General Assembly
Hanoi, (VNA) – As Chair of the ASEAN Committee in New York, head of the Vietnamese permanent mission to the UN Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy initiated and chaired a dialogue between ambassadors and heads of missions of ASEAN countries to the UN and President-elect of the 75th UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir on August 21.
The
event aimed to discuss priorities of the President of the 75th UN
General Assembly and measures to strengthen cooperation between the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the UN General Assembly in the time
ahead.
Bozkir
said his first priority for the 75th UN General Assembly is to
successfully organize a high-level debate and a General Assembly meeting to
commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN in September in both virtual and
physical forms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also planned to promote
suitable working methods to ensure health and safety while ensuring the UN’s operation.
The
President-elect of the 75th UN General Assembly said he will work to
enhance the role and position of the UN General Assembly, contributing to
promoting multilateralism and the rules-based international system. He
appreciated ASEAN’s role and contribution to the UN, and expressed his hope
that ASEAN countries, including Vietnam and Indonesia which are currently non-permanent
members of the UN Security Council, will work to promote solidarity and unity
of the UN and the UN Security Council.
ASEAN
ambassadors and heads of missions congratulated Bozkir for his election as
President of the 75th UN General Assembly and voiced support for priorities
in his working agenda. They appreciated the UN’s efforts in response to
COVID-19, and pledged to work to bolster cooperation between ASEAN and the
Office of the UN General Assembly President./.