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The 68th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) themed “Post-2015 development agenda: Setting the state” has opened at UN headquarters in New York on September 17.
Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Head of Permanent Mission of Vietnam in the United Nations General Assembly, attended the opening ceremony.
In his opening address, Mr. John William Ashe, President of the 68th UNGA session said: “The upcoming year will be pivotal for this assembly as we seek to identify the parameters of the Post-2015 Development Agenda”.
2015 is the deadline to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were agreed on by world leaders at a UN summit in 2000.
The MDGs set specific goals on poverty alleviation, education, gender equality, child and maternal health, environmental stability, HIV/AIDS reduction, and a global partnership for development.
Also during its 68th session, the UN General Assembly will also host three thematic debates on the role of partnerships; how stable and peaceful societies can contribute to development; and on the way that water, sanitation and sustainable energy can contribute to the post-2015 development agenda.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he will press for international cooperation on the Syria issue.
“I will make a strong appeal to world leaders in next week’s UN General Assembly for action” in Syria, he said at a news conference.
The General Assembly, which is composed of all 193 members of the UN, meets in regular session intensively from September to December each year, and thereafter as required./.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
