The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on November 23 adopted the ASEAN-UN cooperation resolution with the backing of 110 countries, the highest number of co-sponsors for the resolution since it was introduced for the first time in 2002.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnam Mission to the UN (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The United Nations (UN) GeneralAssembly on November 23 adopted the ASEAN-UN cooperation resolution with thebacking of 110 countries, the highest number of co-sponsors for the resolutionsince it was introduced for the first time in 2002.
As the ASEAN Chair 2020, Vietnam represented the grouping indrafting and negotiating for the resolution.
Compared to the 2018 version, the 2020 version updatesoutstanding cooperation outcomes between the UN and the ASEAN since 2018,including the achievements of the ASEAN-UN Plan of Action for the 2016-2020period, and the first-ever discussion of the UN Security Council on the role ofASEAN in maintaining international peace and security and the adoption of theASEAN-UN Plan of Action in the 2021-2025 period.
The efforts by the ASEAN in building the ASEAN Community andresponding to the COVID-19 pandemic are also highlighted, along with manycooperation contents between the two sides.
Introducing the resolution, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, headof the Vietnam Mission to the UN, underscored the central role of the ASEAN inpromoting partnership and cooperation for peace, stability and development inthe region as well as the ASEAN-UN comprehensive partnership.
He also highlighted new contents of the resolution, which isreviewed every two years, and expressed gratitude to UN member states forsupporting the negotiations for the document as well as their co-sponsorshipand adoption of the resolution.
The ASEAN-UN cooperation resolution aims to affirm and promotethe collaboration between the two sides. This year, the document was negotiatedand advocated in the shortest-ever time but received the highest number ofsupporters./.
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Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnam Mission to the UN (Photo: VNA) 
