Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai (second from right), Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland (Photo: VNA)Geneva (VNA) – Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, attended a quarterly meeting of the ASEANCommittee in Geneva on September 23.
Permanent Representative of Indonesia Ambassador Febrian A.Ruddyard briefed participants of the outcomes of the 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summit which were organised from September 4-7 in Jakarta by Indonesia as ASEAN Chair in 2023. The summits saw the participation of about 2,500 delegates from10 ASEAN member states, 12 partner countries, and nine internationalorganisations. As many as 90 documents were passed, including severalimportant ones such as the Chairman’s Statement of the 43rd ASEAN Summit, ASEANCommunity Vision 2045 and ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on the ASEAN Human RightsDialogue. Indonesia handedthe ASEAN chairmanship in 2024 to Laos.
At the meeting, Mai and the representatives of the missions of ASEAN countries discussed and agreed on the common activities and initiatives of the bloc and shared ideas of Vietnamand other ASEAN member states at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the UnitedNations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Intellectual PropertyOrganisation (WIPO), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other multilateralforums in Geneva.
Mai also informed the participants about Vietnam’s decision to run for seats at anumber of forums and proposed ASEAN member states and Timor Leste support Vietnam’scandidacy.
The participants agreed to increase coordination as well as culture, sport and culinary exchanges to enhance understanding and solidarity of the ASEAN community in Geneva, thereby helping to popularise ASEAN’s identity on the international arena./.
