APEC opens a seminar on bird flu in Hanoi

VNGOP - A workshop on the implementation of APEC’s action plan to prevent and fight against bird flu: progress review and building capacity for future work was opened in Hanoi on May 7.

May 08, 2007 7:01 AM GMT+7

The workshop is Vietnam's initiative within the APEC Health Task Force. It was attended by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the APEC Health Task Force, representatives of 21 APEC member economies and international organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the UN Development Program (UNDP), Hệ thống Điều phối Liên hiệp quốc về cúm gia cầm (UNIS).

The workshop aims to review the realization of APEC's action plan on avian flu approved by the APEC Ministerial Meeting held in Đà Nẵng in 2006, and give recommendations on capacity building and promoting cooperation in the fight against bird flu in the region. The workshop is expected to be the foundation for the APEC Health Task Force to make report which will be submitted to the 3rd APEC Senior Leaders' Meeting scheduled on June 22-July 3, 2007 and the APEC Health Ministers' Meeting on June 7-8, 2007. This is a significant diplomatic activity to fruitfully realize the Vietnam APEC Year 2006, improving Vietnam's status after the APEC Year 2006.

By Xuân Hoàng