Vietnamese Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (Photo: VNA)
(VOVworld) - Vietnam, as Chair of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), introduced a draft resolution at a plenary session of the 68th UN General Assembly in New York over the past two days.
In his introduction speech, Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, said that the report entitled “Report of the IAEA” manifests the IAEA’s indispensable role in developing and transferring nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes. He said that the IAEA has contributed to the strengthening of the global nuclear safety framework and guarding against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Trung said over the past years the IAEA has played a central role in assisting developing countries, including Vietnam, in improving the research, development, and use of energy and nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, contributing to boosting their socio-economic development as well as accelerating the realization of Millennium Development Goals.
Concluding the plenary session, the UN General Assembly adopted draft resolution on the “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”.