Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations. (Photo: VNA)

New York (VNA) - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has calledfor strengthening viewpoint coordination among members of the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) at the United Nations.

He made the suggestion at a meeting held on December 1 byCambodia, Chair of the ASEAN ꦺCommittee in New York in 2022 to review its activitiesduring the year. 

The Vietnamese Ambassador suggested the committee continue to study andlook for possibilities to make more joint statements at keyUN agencies, especially at the UN Security Council, the UN General Assembly and at committees in charge of thematic issues of common interest to ASEAN countries. 
         
In the context that ASEAN is entering a pivotal phase in theimplementation of the ASEAN Vision 2025 and preparing for integration in the post-2025period, he suggested that next year the committee will focus discussions on theseprocesses.

This year, the ASEAN Committee in New York has made tens ofjoint statements at the UN General Assembly and related committees. It also built and pushed for the UN General Assembly's adoption of a resolution on ASEAN-UNcooperation which is co-sponsored by 115 members.

The committee has organisedmany thematic dialogues with partners such as the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Executive Director, the Executive Secretary of the Economic and SocialCommission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UN Secretary General'sSpecial Envoy for Myanmar. It also held ceremonies to mark the founding anniversaryof ASEAN on August 8, ASEAN Families Day and many sports exchanges.

Atthe meeting, Cambodia transferred the chair of the committee to Indonesia, which will lead the committee in 2023.
 
ASEAN countries congratulated Cambodia on successfully accomplishing its role as Chair of the ASEAN Committee in New York in 2022.They hoped that Indonesia will continueto enhance the performance of the ASEANCommittee in New York, promote relations between ASEAN and partners, thus demonstrating the role and position of ASEAN in the region and the world.

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