PM congratulates UN organisation representatives

03:10, 25/10/2011

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received head representatives of the United Nations (UN) organisations in Viet Nam yesterday on the occasion of the UN Day.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received head representatives of the United Nations (UN) organisations in Viet Nam yesterday on the occasion of the UN Day.

PM Dung highlighted that Viet Nam valued the UN’s role in the global community, especially in promoting peace, development co-operation, poverty reduction and climate change adaptation.

He expressed his delight at the fine development of Viet Nam-UN relations in all fields, especially the co-operation in fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals, settling emerging issues, coping with climate change, and protecting the environment and water resources.

Dung said he hoped the two sides would soon sign a co-operation programme for the 2012-16 period, in which the UN would support Viet Nam in providing policy consultation and resources in the fields of poverty reduction, education, public health and the environment, all particular strengths of the international body. As a responsible member of the UN, Viet Nam would work closely with the UN organisations to successfully implement the One UN initiative, Dung affirmed.

Speaking highly of Viet Nam’s development achievements, Eamonn Murphy, acting UN Resident Co-ordinator in Viet Nam said that the UN would continue to help the country in poverty reduction, improving the environment, coping with climate change and public administration.

(Source: VNS)