NEW YORK: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday (Apr 1), when they’d “a good and wide-ranging discussion”.
The 40-minute-long assembly passed off on the UN headquarters in New York.
Mr Lee visited the UN to “show his support for the leadership and the work of the UN, particularly at a time when multilateralism is being tested”, stated an announcement from the Prime Minister’s press secretary Chang Li Lin.
“It is at this moment that we need to support the UN, and work together to strengthen the rules-based system so that we can effectively tackle pressing challenges like climate change, oceans, and cyberspace together.”
Mr Lee additionally expressed help for Mr Guterres’ Our Common Agenda report as “a catalyst to strengthen international cooperation and reinvigorate the UN”, the assertion stated.
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The report, launched by the UN chief in September final 12 months, is designed to strengthen and speed up multilateral agreements.
It comprises suggestions throughout 4 broad areas: Renewed solidarity between peoples and future generations, a brand new social contract anchored in human rights, higher administration of essential international commons, and international public items that ship equitably and sustainably for all, in keeping with the UN web site.
Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam might be contributing to this course of by the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism, Ms Chang’s assertion added.
Mr Lee is within the US for a working go to till Apr 2.
Prior to New York City, he was in Washington DC the place he met US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the White House, in addition to different high US officers.
