Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations. (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative ofVietnam to the United Nations (UN), has affirmed that Vietnam supports and wants to participate moredeeply in implementing proposals in the “Common Agenda” report of the UN.
During a working session with Volker Turk, UN Under-Secretary-Generalfor Policy, Giang said that Vietnam wants tocontribute further to common efforts of the international community.
Turk, who is in chargeof advancing many key proposals outlined by UN Secretary-General AntonioGuterres in the report, appreciated the support of Vietnam, expressing his hope that theSoutheast Asian nation will continue contributing to the implementation ofthis process.
According to Turk, in the current world context, many proposalsin the report can excite the international community to join hands in handling globalissues, and promote multilateralism for long-term benefits of futuregenerations.
The proposals in the report are closely linked and are reallyintended to support the implementation of the sustainable development goals, he noted.
Giang spoke highly of the efforts and leadership of the UN Secretary-General and Turk personally in building the report, as well as in discussing the process with countries.
Hestressed that to jointly solve global issues in the current context, countriesneed to promote multilateralism, adding that proposals of the UNSecretary-General in the report can help realise important common plans of theinternational community.
During the meeting, the Vietnamese diplomat and the Under-Secretary-General also discussed issuesrelated to COVID-19 pandemic response and vaccine distribution, education andfood security./.
