National Assembly Chairman: Young parliamentarians worldwide show strong commitment

VOV.VN - After nine sessions, the Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians issued its first Conference Declaration. National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that this demonstrates the determination, high consensus and strong commitment of young IPU parliamentarians.

After two days of working enthusiastically, urgently, friendly, united and with a high sense of responsibility, the 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians has completed the entire official agenda and achieved great success. In the closing session, delegates attending the conference observed a minute of silence for the victims of the earthquake in Morocco, the fire in Vietnam and natural disasters in many places around the world.

Delegates observed a moment of silence for victims of natural disasters and fires.

The conference also heard the rapporteurs present the report of the Youth Digital Capacity Building Seminar and summarize the 3 discussion sessions of the conference. In particular, the delegates adopted the Declaration on “The role of youth in promoting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals through digital transformation and innovation”. This is the first Declaration of the Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians through 9 sessions.

Strong commitment of young IPU parliamentarians

In his closing speech, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that the conference's adoption of the declaration for the first time demonstrated the determination, high consensus and strong commitment of young IPU parliamentarians in promoting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) globally.

National Assembly Chairman's closing speech

Along with thematic discussions on: Digital transformation; Start-ups and innovation; Promoting respect for cultural diversity for sustainable development, activities organized by the host country Vietnam such as the Seminar "Enhancing digital capacity for youth", Exhibition "Innovation achievements and OCOP products", cultural exchange program; visit to Quang Ninh province and visit the world natural heritage Ha Long Bay have contributed to making a very vibrant, rich and successful conference. The opening, closing and thematic discussions were attended by many senior leaders of Vietnam and IPU, ambassadors, representatives of diplomatic agencies, international organizations and hundreds of young parliamentarians from IPU member parliaments across the continents.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, National Assembly Permanent Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man and IPU leaders chaired the closing session of the conference.

The discussion sessions recorded hundreds of comments, exchanges, experience sharing, and valuable recommendations on the conference theme. Through the discussions, the conference reached common perceptions and promoted international cooperation, multilateralism, the basic principles of the United Nations and international law in accelerating the implementation of the SDGs; emphasizing the particularly important role of parliaments in implementing the SDGs, especially in perfecting the legal framework to facilitate the implementation of the SDGs in the context of the current difficulties in implementing the goals. The conference also emphasized the "pioneering role" of young parliamentarians in bringing the voice of young people into the parliament as well as applying innovation and creativity to the implementation of the SDGs; affirming that the participation of young people will contribute to accelerating and finding new directions for the realization of the SDGs. According to National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, the success of the 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians shows that the IPU Young Parliamentarians Forum is a very necessary and useful forum for young parliamentarians and continues to affirm the importance of young parliamentarians in particular and young people in general as future owners of each country, nation and the whole world in participating in implementing the goals and tasks of the IPU and the United Nations.

Delegates attend the closing session of the 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in Hanoi

The National Assembly Chairman requested the IPU Secretariat and IPU member parliaments to disseminate the results of this Conference to the United Nations Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals to be held soon (September 18-19, 2023) in New York, thereby honoring the role, affirming the commitment and actions of the IPU and young parliamentarians in particular in the common global effort to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue also requested the IPU and called on member parliaments to actively implement the Conference Declaration; at the same time, establish appropriate mechanisms for cooperation and mutual support, especially between developed and developing countries in digital transformation and innovation.

Vietnam participates responsibly in multilateral institutions

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue affirmed that Vietnam's consistent policy is to promote a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification, multilateralization, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, based on the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter and international law. Vietnam attaches great importance to and actively and responsibly participates in multilateral institutions of which Vietnam is a member. In that spirit, the Vietnamese National Assembly will continue to actively cooperate with the IPU and member parliaments to join hands to realize the goals and resolutions of the IPU in general and of the Conference of Young Parliamentarians in particular, to continuously promote the noble missions and elevate the level of parliamentary diplomacy. The Vietnamese National Assembly affirmed that it will continue to make more active contributions to the common activities of the IPU and is ready to host more conferences and other mechanisms within the framework of the IPU's activities.

The National Assembly Chairman thanked the cooperation and support for the Vietnamese National Assembly to fulfill its responsibility as the host country of the Conference, and thanked the parliaments, parliamentarians of other countries, and delegates for their friendly sentiments towards the country and people of Vietnam, with increasingly effective cooperation and good sentiments.

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