Vietnam reviews 2020 performance of ASEAN Committee in New York
The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN held a virtual meeting on December 7 to summarise activities of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee in New York this year and handed over its current chairmanship to Brunei.
Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Permanent Missionto the UN held a virtual meeting on December 7 to summarise activities of theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee in New York this yearand handed over its current chairmanship to Brunei.
In his remarks at the function, Dang Dinh Quy, head of themission, delivered the summarisation.
Accordingly, the committee organised two official regularmeetings, and six dialogues with UN member states and organisations. ASEANdelivered 36 joint speeches, highlighting the bloc’s achievements and stanceson a host of issues at the UN’s key forums.
Following a Vietnamese initiative, the ASEAN-UN cooperationwas discussed for the first time at a UN Security Council meeting, Quy noted.
Vietnam also initiated, negotiated and pushed for the UNGeneral Assembly’s approval of a resolution on ASEAN-UN cooperation, with arecord number of 120 UN membernations backing the decision, he said.
Participating representatives of ASEAN member statescongratulated Vietnam on its successful chairmanship of the ASEAN committeethis year despite COVID-19, saying the nation has coordinated the bloc’soperations well via creative and effective suggestions.
They said the ASEAN solidarity and cooperation have beenstrengthened as member states have stepped up engagements as well as backedeach other’s initiatives and candidacies for posts at UN organisations.
They lauded the performance of Vietnam and Indonesia asnon-permanent members of the UN Security Council and their joint work to boostthe image of ASEAN at the forum.
Brunei, the Chair of the committee in 2021, said it willbuild on progress achieved this year following the country’s theme of “We Care.We Prepare. We Prosper” set for its ASEAN chairmanship the same year./.
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Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN (Photo: VNA)
