Viet Nam Human Rights
UNESCO values Vietnam’s contributions
6/5/17
Vietnam
has made practical and concrete contributions to realising the mission of the
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the
head of the UN agency said.
UNESCO Director General
Irina Bokova made the praise during her April 28th reception for President of
Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO - Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung,
who leads the Vietnamese delegation to the 201st session of UNESCO Executive
Board in Paris from April 19th-May 5th.
Vietnam has always been among
the leading nations in implementing successful the programs and activities of
the UN agency, she said.
On the occasion, Trung
expressed his pleasure at the growing cooperative relations between Vietnam and
UNESCO, particularly in implementing the cooperation agreement jointly signed
in 2015.
He affirmed that Vietnam will
continue actively participating in the organisation’s activities, while
expressing his hope for continued UNESCO’s support for Vietnam in education,
science, culture and information.
Trung expressed his thanks to
Irina Bokova for her contribution to strengthening relations between Vietnam
and UNESCO, and invited Bokova to visit Vietnam to discuss measures to enhance
bilateral cooperation.
The UNESCO Executive Board’s
201st session discussed implementation of UNESCO’s programmes and orientations,
drafted plans and budgets for 2018-2021, and prepared for the 39th session of
the General Conference slated for November.
Also during the session, the
Executive Board interviewed nine candidates for the UNESCO General Director
post for the tenure 2017-2021. One of the candidates is Ambassador Pham Sanh
Chau of Vietnam.
During the session’s meetings,
Deputy Foreign Minister Trung suggested UNESCO continue contributing to
peacekeeping activities and tackling newly arising challenges such as
increasing terrorist activities and extremism development.
Vietnam also called for
strengthening connection between the development agenda of the United Nations
and UNESCO activities, and more experience sharing in mobilizing resources for
projects and programs./.
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Việt Nam has continued to develop a positive role in UNESCO in 2016, and always endeavours to make substantive contributions to the organisation’s activities.
Việt Nam has actively participated in most UNESCO forums, over all of its five sectors including education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information.
The country is a member of the UNESCO Executive Board and also a member of the World Heritage Committee which establishes the sites to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Thanks to its active participation in those forums, Việt Nam could successfully defend the country’s interests and its heritage dossiers.
The contributions of Việt Nam National Commission for UNESCO on multilateral forums of UNESCO have strongly contributed to enhancing the image of Việt Nam and its position on the international scene.
In 2017, the Việt Nam National Commission for UNESCO will continue to strengthen and enhance the role of Việt Nam in multilateral forums by assuming important roles in UNESCO’s most powerful bodies including the Executive Board, the World Heritage Committee, and in particular the 39th UNESCO General Conference in Paris in November.
Việt Nam hopes to receive further UNESCO support, especially in the areas of education, and preservation and restoration of heritage sites.
Viet Nam supports the issuance of a statement on cultural diversity and on the respect of the basic principles of national independence, sovereignty and self-determination in solving political, economic, cultural and human rights problems and preventing the use or imposition of cultural values in any form as tools of political manoeuvres.
The organisation give more assistance to national UNESCO Committees of developing countries, chiefly in training young workers, thus improving the efficiency of UNESCO's operation.
Vietnam is day by day confirming its role on international arena.
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