Ha Noi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York where Viet Nam's bid for a UN Security Council non-permanent seat for the 2008-09 term will be decided.
The PM will look to shore up support on the vote as he reiterates that Viet Nam is an active, constructive, cooperative and responsible member of the international community. The session will run from September 25-28, the Foreign Ministry said on September 19.
He is expected to join 115 other leaders of UN member countries in the debates that will centre on global crisis and conflicts, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the fight against terror, environmental pollution, and climate change.
Stable growth rates of the world economy, poverty reduction, virulent diseases, millennium development goals and the United Nations reforms are also expected to be hotly debated.
On the sidelines of the sessions, PM Dung will meet with leaders of other countries and international organisations, and US politicians and businesspeople.
Viet Nam will mark the 30th year of its admission to the UN at the time the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly takes place.
Following the attendance of the 62nd UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will visit France from September 30 to October 3, the Foreign Ministry announced.-Enditem |