Vietnam
supports UNESCO’s efforts to implement reforms and address global issues such
as climate change, environmental protection and sustainable development.
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen
Thanh Son, Chairman of the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee, made the
affirmation at a discussion of the 36th session of the UNESCO General Assembly
in Paris on October 27.
He stated that the economic recession plus
tensions and conflicts happening in the world are posing challenges to UNESCO’s
development and threats to the accomplishment of Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs).
The Deputy FM emphasized the role of
education, cooperation and peace-building efforts for world stability and
development. He applauded UNESCO’s budget priorities given to education.
Vietnam always supports and speeds up
educational programs, including the “Education for All”, the “UN Decade of
Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014” and the “UN Literacy Decade
2003-2012,” he stressed.
At present, the Vietnamese Government is
carrying out the National Education for All Action Plan 2003-2015, building a
learning society and developing a network of community learning centers, he
said.
Vietnam is actively implementing literacy
projects in disadvantages areas in the 2009-2012 period, he added.
Son affirmed that Vietnam is ready to share
its educational experience and wishes to receive UNESCO’s continued support for
developing countries to achieve the MDGs.
According to the diplomat, Vietnam applauds
the role of UNESCO in preserving and promoting world tangible and intangible
heritages. He said that heritage policies cannot be apart from sustainable
development goal.
Son also stressed Vietnam’s consistent policy
of supporting the initiative of cultural diversity and affirming the cultural
equality right of nations, considering it a foundation for the peaceful and
stable development of the world.
He reiterated Vietnam’s support for UNESCO
efforts to contribute to the world’s peace and development and its commitment
to actively participating in the organization’s programs.
Later on the day, the Vietnamese Deputy FM met
with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
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