UNGA adopts Resolution on ASEAN-UN cooperation drafted by Vietnam
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As the ASEAN Chair 2020, Vietnam represented the group in drafting and negotiating for the resolution. The resolution updates latest cooperation achievements between ASEAN and the UN since 2018 as well as the outcomes of the implementation of the ASEAN-UN plan of action for the 2016-2020 period.
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| Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy introduces the resolution to the UNGA. |
The efforts by ASEAN in building the ASEAN Community and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic are also highlighted, along with many cooperation contents between the two sides.
Introducing the resolution, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnam Mission to the UN, underscored the central role of the ASEAN in promoting partnership and cooperation for peace, stability and development in the region as well as the ASEAN-UN comprehensive partnership.
He also highlighted new content of the resolution, which is reviewed every two years, and expressed gratitude to UN member states for supporting the negotiations for the document as well as their co-sponsorship and adoption of the resolution.
The ASEAN-UN cooperation resolution aims to affirm and promote the collaboration between the two sides. This year, the document was negotiated and advocated in the shortest-ever time but received the highest number of supporters.
