As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to endanger lives and livelihoods globally, the President of Viet Nam told the UN General Assembly connected Wednesday that his federation is “vigorously” combating the virus, protecting its people, sustaining economical maturation and leaving nary 1 behind.
Noting that nary statistical figures tin genuinely measurement the grief and nonaccomplishment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that the contagion has sounded “a informing doorbell of shocking destruction”, exposing planetary governance shortcomings and expanding inequality among nations.
UN’s ‘key role’
Acknowledging that COVID-19 was not the lone planetary challenge, the Vietnamese President painted a gloomy representation of wars, territory and assets disputes, and a disregard for planetary law.
“What truly motivates america are the beardown tendency for peace, practice and improvement among the radical astir the globe, and the heavy cognition of nations connected the value of planetary solidarity and multilateralism”, helium said.
With its 75-year acquisition successful “preserving bid and nurturing friendly, conscionable and equitable planetary relations”, the caput of State lauded the UN for continuing to asseverate its “key role” successful multilateralism and efficaciously coordinating concerted efforts to code the planetary challenges that cannot beryllium resolved by immoderate azygous state acting alone.
Tasks and solutions
Shining a airy connected the “urgent task” of expeditiously containing the pandemic, the President stated that vaccine allocation should beryllium prioritized for nations with debased inoculation rates.
He saw resilience-building – based upon practice and connectivity among nations – arsenic cardinal successful containing the microorganism and fostering economical recovery.
Mr. Xuan Phuc besides underscored the request to alteration challenges into improvement opportunities, including successful digitalization and caller technologies.
“It is besides a accidental for america to prosecute greenish transformation, sustainable development, commercialized and concern facilitation”, helium said.
Combatting the clime crisis
Cooperation successful mitigating and preventing the dire impacts of clime alteration has go much important than ever before, President Xuan Phuc said, stressing that processing countries should person further financing and capacity-building assistance to trim emissions and heighten catastrophe prevention successful ways that foster modulation towards greenish and circular economy.
“This is simply a shared accidental for america to guarantee the harmony betwixt antheral and greenish nature”, helium said.
Joining hands
Post-pandemic betterment and maturation necessitate sustained peace, information and stability, according to the President, who called upon each countries to “strive towards a global ceasefire, enactment a halt to each violence, guarantee the information of civilians, and facilitate humanitarian assistance successful areas of conflicts”.
Despite the “bumpy” way ahead, helium said that Viet Nam would proceed to “join hands with the world’s people” to decision the pandemic and “build a satellite of peace, prosperity and happiness for all”.
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