At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated the Resident Coordinator, Heads of United Nations organizations and United Nations officials and staff in Vietnam, and sent congratulations to the Secretary-General, leaders and staff of the United Nations on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
Reviewing the process of restoring and healing the wounds of war, putting the past behind and looking towards the future, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam loves peace, consistently implements an independent, self-reliant, multilateral, and diversified foreign policy, is a friend, a reliable partner, and an active, responsible member of the international community; and implements the "four no's" defense policy.
The Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam persistently and strongly supports multilateralism with the United Nations playing a central role, global, people-centered, comprehensive and holistic solutions, promoting dialogue and cooperation, upholding international solidarity, complying with the United Nations Charter and international law, putting people at the center; ready to share experiences, make more proactive and positive contributions to the common work of the United Nations and solving major world issues, for the sake of peace, security, cooperation and sustainable development in the world.
According to the Prime Minister, the vision of the United Nations as stated in the Charter is completely consistent with Vietnam's development orientation; affirming that for Vietnam, the United Nations is a trustworthy and long-term friend; Vietnam always remembers the valuable support of the United Nations over the past four decades and strives to contribute to the activities of the United Nations. Most recently, Vietnam successfully assumed the role of a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, the position of Vice President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, and increased its contribution to participating in United Nations peacekeeping activities.
To contribute to ensuring global food security, Vietnam can export about 7.5 million tons of rice in 2023, while actively contributing to the implementation of the United Nations Secretary-General's initiative on transforming food systems and sustainable food.
At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Resident Coordinator and Heads of United Nations organizations discussed a number of specific focuses in cooperation between Vietnam and the United Nations development system in the coming time, especially in supporting Vietnam to successfully implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), respond to climate change, especially in the Mekong Delta, and implement the Political Declaration establishing the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).
The Prime Minister said that Vietnam is striving to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals based on promoting the spirit of self-reliance and self-reliance with international support, including the United Nations. The Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam always respects, listens to and requests that United Nations organizations in Vietnam continue to provide policy advice, support institutional improvement, human resource training, and enhance national governance capacity.
The Prime Minister stated that the Government will continue to promote and create the best possible conditions for the effective implementation of the United Nations' cooperation programs and projects for Vietnam; suggested that the two sides continue to coordinate to review and handle difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing programs and projects in the direction of innovation, simplifying procedures, harmonizing regulations and plans of the parties while still ensuring the role and orientation of aid use, focusing resources on key and focal projects to help turn the situation around, change the status, avoid fragmentation, spread out, and harmonize interests between the parties.
The Prime Minister asked the United Nations to share the difficulties and challenges in the context that Vietnam is a country that has experienced many years of war and embargo, is developing, and has a transitional economy.
The UN Resident Coordinator and Heads of UN agencies have acknowledged and highly appreciated Vietnam's proactiveness, dynamism, and positive contributions to the United Nations and to the common work of the international community, especially in contributing to ensuring food security and maintaining peace...
The opinions also highly appreciated Vietnam's orientations, commitments, efforts, and development achievements over more than 35 years of renovation and in recent times, especially in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, ensuring social security, preventing Covid-19, restoring and developing the economy and society after the pandemic, preventing and combating HIV/AIDS, universalizing and improving the quality of education, training, human resource training, protecting the rights and interests of women and workers, protecting the environment and preserving heritages, preventing and combating transnational crimes, etc.
Delegates made a number of recommendations, proposed cooperation orientations and affirmed their commitment to stronger and more effective cooperation with Vietnam. UN Resident Coordinator Pauline Tamesis said that the United Nations is very proud to accompany Vietnam throughout its journey from a country devastated by war, besieged, embargoed and threatened by famine to a country that ensures food security for its people, has achieved many achievements in poverty reduction, rapid economic growth and is now affirming its position and role in the region and globally, including assuming the role of a non-permanent member of the Security Council, a member of the UN Human Rights Council, and one of the leading contributors to peacekeeping operations.
She affirmed that the United Nations highly appreciates Vietnam's stance on multilateralism, which is a testament to the shared commitment to peace, development, people-centeredness, happiness, prosperity, and cooperation - the pillars of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations. The efforts of the United Nations in Vietnam are also aimed at contributing to socio-economic development and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the recommendations made at the meeting and assigned ministries and branches to study and absorb these recommendations in policy development and implementation in the coming time.
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