Ambassador Bui The Giang, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnamto the United Nations, has affirmed the country’s efforts to implement acommitment on the goal of a “society for all”.
“We are preparedto work responsibly and dedicatedly for the accomplishment of thecommitment, which all governments of the world made in Copenhagen 15years ago and in New York just two weeks ago at the High-level PlenaryMeeting on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),” Ambassador Giang saidat a meeting on social development of the third Committee of 65thSession of the General Assembly in New York on October 4.
Giangsaid Vietnam took note of the UN MDG Report 2010, which announces thatthe overall poverty rate is expected to fall to 15 percent by 2015, andthat this translates into around 920 million people living under theinternational poverty line – half the number in 1990.
Theambassador recognised signs of economic recovery in certain parts of theworld which, he said, were opening up some hope for inhabitants of theplanet.
He said, however, that “It’s alarming to realise that anestimated 75 million additional people became undernourished worldwide,that another 100 million people were added to the number ofundernourished, and that the number of hungry in the world has pushedover the 1 billion mark in 2009.
It’s similarly worrisome that64 million people will have been pushed into poverty by the economicmeltdown by the end of 2010, on top of the 130-155 million people whoalready became poor as a result of the food and energy crisis, hestressed.
The diplomat shared theSecretary-General’s view that policies to achieve the three pillars ofsocial development, namely, poverty eradication, full employment andsocial integration, are intertwined and mutually supportive, and shouldbe implemented in parallel.
“We concur with the six generalprinciples for the promotion of social integration and the six-pointhuman rights framework contained in the Secretary-General’s Report,”Giang said.
“We, at the same time, believe that these principlesand framework must be localised into national strategies, programms andplans, taking into account the specific historical, cultural and ethnicconditions as well as the level of development of a country, if they areto be effective,” he added.
Ambassador Giang underlined theimperative for developed countries to honour their commitments ofofficial development assistance (ODA) for developing countries as animportant means for the latter to boost the social integration anddevelopment process.
He presented the VietnameseGovernment’s recent policies and measures to foster economic recoveryand address social impacts of the global economic and financial crises,including the government’s offer of loans to the poorest at preferentialrates to encourage trade and production in rural areas.
“As a result, the Vietnamese economy has continued its recovery trend,” he said.
Forthe first eight months of this year, Vietnam recorded a GDP growthrate of over 6 percent and which is expected to reach 6.7 percent forthe whole year. The country’s exports increased by 19.7 percent and itsrate of ODA disbursement increased by 13.5 percent year-on-year. ForeignDirect Investment inflows went up by 3.6 percent and are likely to behigher than planned for the whole year.
“Together with our ownnational efforts, we badly need greater and more effective cooperationand assistance from all other members of the international community ofwhich the UN can and should play a key role,” he emphasised./.
“We are preparedto work responsibly and dedicatedly for the accomplishment of thecommitment, which all governments of the world made in Copenhagen 15years ago and in New York just two weeks ago at the High-level PlenaryMeeting on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),” Ambassador Giang saidat a meeting on social development of the third Committee of 65thSession of the General Assembly in New York on October 4.
Giangsaid Vietnam took note of the UN MDG Report 2010, which announces thatthe overall poverty rate is expected to fall to 15 percent by 2015, andthat this translates into around 920 million people living under theinternational poverty line – half the number in 1990.
Theambassador recognised signs of economic recovery in certain parts of theworld which, he said, were opening up some hope for inhabitants of theplanet.
He said, however, that “It’s alarming to realise that anestimated 75 million additional people became undernourished worldwide,that another 100 million people were added to the number ofundernourished, and that the number of hungry in the world has pushedover the 1 billion mark in 2009.
It’s similarly worrisome that64 million people will have been pushed into poverty by the economicmeltdown by the end of 2010, on top of the 130-155 million people whoalready became poor as a result of the food and energy crisis, hestressed.
The diplomat shared theSecretary-General’s view that policies to achieve the three pillars ofsocial development, namely, poverty eradication, full employment andsocial integration, are intertwined and mutually supportive, and shouldbe implemented in parallel.
“We concur with the six generalprinciples for the promotion of social integration and the six-pointhuman rights framework contained in the Secretary-General’s Report,”Giang said.
“We, at the same time, believe that these principlesand framework must be localised into national strategies, programms andplans, taking into account the specific historical, cultural and ethnicconditions as well as the level of development of a country, if they areto be effective,” he added.
Ambassador Giang underlined theimperative for developed countries to honour their commitments ofofficial development assistance (ODA) for developing countries as animportant means for the latter to boost the social integration anddevelopment process.
He presented the VietnameseGovernment’s recent policies and measures to foster economic recoveryand address social impacts of the global economic and financial crises,including the government’s offer of loans to the poorest at preferentialrates to encourage trade and production in rural areas.
“As a result, the Vietnamese economy has continued its recovery trend,” he said.
Forthe first eight months of this year, Vietnam recorded a GDP growthrate of over 6 percent and which is expected to reach 6.7 percent forthe whole year. The country’s exports increased by 19.7 percent and itsrate of ODA disbursement increased by 13.5 percent year-on-year. ForeignDirect Investment inflows went up by 3.6 percent and are likely to behigher than planned for the whole year.
“Together with our ownnational efforts, we badly need greater and more effective cooperationand assistance from all other members of the international community ofwhich the UN can and should play a key role,” he emphasised./.
