Xinhua | 2012-8-23
By Agencies
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Cambodia in November to
attend the 21st ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit, a senior UN official
said here Thursday.
Noeleen Heyzer, UN Under Secretary-General
and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (ESCAP), said that the UN-ESCAP will not only continue
to help ASEAN in intra-ASEAN Connectivity, but also help connect the
bloc with the whole Asia-Pacific.
Cambodian Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said he would also invite Ban
to attend the Global-ASEAN Dialogue Forum, which will be focused on
global issues such as the troubled financial system, food safety,
energy security, and climate change.
Ban visited Cambodia for the first time in October, 2010.
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Borith, secretary of state at Cambodia's foreign ministry, said that
the upcoming visit of Ban will help further enhance relationship and
cooperation between the UN and ASEAN.
Heyzer was here from Tuesday to Friday to further enhance ties between the UN and Cambodia.
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