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Gov’t chief meets UN senior officials

VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Government on Tuesday in Geneva met Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva and had working sessions with leaders of the International Labor Organization and the International Organization for Migration.

January 26, 2010 9:00 PM GMT+7

PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (2nd from right) meets Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, UN Under-Secretary-General, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva, January 26, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Việt Đông
In his meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng stated that Việt Nam highly values the central role of the UN in settling international issues, particularly combating such global challenges as the financial crisis, climate change, and epidemics.

The Vietnamese Government chief took the occasion to thank Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, who is also the General Secretary of the Conference on Disarmament, for his supports to Việt Nam in presiding over the first conference in 2009 when the country acted as a non-permanent of the UN Security Council.

Việt Nam will continue to take part in the UN’s activities in the spirit of initiative, constructiveness, responsibility and cooperativeness, stated PM Dũng.

PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (L) and  ILO Director-General Juan Somavia (R), Geneva, January 26, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Việt Đông

The same day, PM Dũng paid a visit to the International Labor Organization (ILO) where he met Director-General Juan Somavia.

The Government chief emphasized that Việt Nam always places importance on labor and job generation. Việt Nam has designed a national goal program under which jobs will be maintained for nearly 50 million laborers, including 8 million new ones and the proportion of trained laborers raised to 40%, added PM Dũng.

He asked ILO to continue its technical and financial assistance for Việt Nam to realize projects on labor market, amending the Labor Code, securing jobs for the disabled, gender equality, and social policy.

As ASEAN President in 2010, Việt Nam will introduce the “Global Jobs Pact” to the ASEAN Labor Ministerial Meeting and the Human Resource Nurturing Conference to be held in Việt Nam in May, confirmed PM Dũng.
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (5th from left) in talks with IOM Director-General William Lacy Swing, Geneva, January 26, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Việt Đông

Meeting with International Organization of Migration (IOM) Director-General William Lacy Swing, PM Dũng underlined the Government of Việt Nam’s interest in migration management for development goals.

He added that Việt Nam will do its best to prevent illegal migration and human trafficking while promoting legal migration and boosting international cooperation in this field.

The Vietnamese PM hoped to witness greater assistance from the IOM for Việt Nam in improving capability of State management agencies for migration, qualifying Vietnamese migrants, and protecting legitimate rights and interests of migrants, especially the laid-off workers during the global economic crisis.

Also on the day, PM Dũng had a discussion with WTO Deputy Director-General Harsha V. Singh and some senior officials on the Doha Round and its impacts on the global trade.

By Xuân Hồng