PM stresses int’l cooperation in climate change combat at G7 Outreach Summit
The Vietnamese leader also proposed the G7 countries promote the formation of a global cooperation mechanism for reducing plastic garbage towards oceans free of plastic waste. He informed that the sixth Global Environment Fund (GEF) Assembly will be held in Vietnam later this month. Vietnam has proposed a regional project for an ocean free of plastic waste that is applauded by the GEF.
In his speech, PM Phuc emphasised that the goal of green oceans can only be achieved when peace, stability and cooperation are maintained across oceans. He applauded the G7 nations’ support for ASEAN’s common stance on the East Sea issue. Accordingly, it is a need to enhance cooperation to ensure security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation, peacefully resolve disputes on the basis of international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and respect diplomatic and legal processes to consolidate regional and global peace, stability and cooperation. The PM’s speech was welcomed by host Canada and many participating countries, which also voiced their support for the initiatives suggested by Vietnam and for ASEAN’s stance on the East Sea issue.
The G7 Outreach Summit looked into pollution and unsustainable exploitation of marine resources which remain global challenges threatening sustainable development of the entire planet, firstly coastal nations.
The delegates called for stronger global and regional cooperation in protecting the marine economy. Most of the participating leaders affirmed their commitments to implementing the Paris Agreement. They exchanged initiatives, visions and measures to enhance the capacity for climate change response and adaptation, promote mechanisms dealing with maritime issues on the basis of international law, prevent coastal erosion and sea level rise, form cooperation mechanisms and international standards of fighting plastic waste and illegal fishing, enhance the management and protection of the marine ecology, and ensure sustainable development of sea-based economic sectors.
They also voiced their support for Canada’s initiative of reinforcing international cooperation in preventing and handling plastic waste discharged into oceans,and promoting gender equality in climate change response.
The G7 Leaders’ Summit Outreach, one of the most important events of the G7 in 2018, saw the presence of the leaders of the G7 nations (the US, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada), the European Union, and 12 guest countries (Vietnam, Argentina, Bangladesh, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Norway, Marshall Islands, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, and Seychelles). It was also attended by the UN Secretary General and leaders of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank (WB).
This is the second time Vietnam has taken part in a G7 Outreach Summit, after the first time in Japan in 2016.
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