NA official meets diplomats from IPU member countries
Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau met the ambassadors and heads of diplomatic representative agencies of the Asia-Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Union
Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of theNational Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau met theambassadors and heads of diplomatic representative agencies of the Asia-PacificInter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) member countries and informed them about the agendaof the IPU’s upcoming symposium on response to climate change.
During their meeting in Hanoi on May4, Giau said the symposium for the Asia-Pacific region on response to climatechange – lawmakers’ actions to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)will take place from May 11-13 in Ho Chi Minh City, the city lying near areas hardhit by climate change.
The conference features three sessions on SDGs and the IPU’s role; genderequality promotion and health improvement amid climate change response;opportunities, challenges and response to climate change; internationalcommitments and requirements for lawmakers; and rallying resources for SDGs.
At the end of the event, theorganising board will issue a statement on regional countries’ measures andrecommendations involving climate change response, he said.
Giauaffirmed that the event provides a platform for parliaments, parliamentarians,sponsors and international organisations to share experience and promotecooperation in executing the United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange.
Twenty countries registered to participate in the symposium, which isco-organised by the IPU and the Vietnamese legislature.
Nguyen Van Giau is deputy head of the symposium’s organising board.-VNA
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Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau (Source: VNA) 
