Minister Meets the UN Secretary-General on the sidelines of the Alliance of Civilizations Annual Forum
Minister Song acknowledged success and progress in the issues Secretary-General Ban has been focusing on since his inauguration, including the issue of Darfur in Sudan, climate change, Middle East peace talks, and the reform of the UN Secretariat. Expressing high hopes for Secretary-General Ban to achieve greater success this year, Minister Song pledged full cooperation of the Korean government. He explained the efforts of the Korean government to make contributions to the international community that corresponds with Korea’s status on the global stage. To this end, Minister Song stressed that the Korean government is putting greater emphasis than ever on Korea’s active participation in the UN peacekeeping operations (PKO) and on the increase of Official Development Assistance (ODA). He further elaborated that the Korean government was making efforts to pass a bill on UN PKO through the National Assembly which enables rapid deployment of Korean troops for UN PKOs.
Secretary-General Ban welcomed the efforts of the Korean government to increase its contributions to the international community, and hoped that a legal basis would be laid to promote Korea’s participation in the UN PKO by the PKO bill passing through the National Assembly. He also expressed hopes that the Korean government would continue to render its contributions and assistance to the UN in terms of national policies. Minister Song explained the progress of the Six-party Talks and the efforts of the Korean government to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue.
After the meeting with Secretary-General Ban, Minister Song met with the Vice-President of the Club of Madrid and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson and the former Prime Minister of Norway Kjell Bondevik and appreciated the activities of the club on global issues such as democracy, energy and environment. They shared views on ways to promote cooperation between governments and the civil societies to meet global challenges. Minister Song also had luncheon meeting with local press people of Spain and asked them to render efforts for the development of cooperative ties between Korea and Spain.
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2008년 7월 4일 16:02
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