ASCC dialogues with UN agencies on socio-cultural cooperation

Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Social-Cultural Community (ASCC) Ekkaphab Phanthavong co-chaired the ASCC-UN Secretariat-to-Secretariat Meeting with Deputy Executive Secretary for Partnerships and Coordination of UN ESCAP Hirohito Toda at the ASEAN Secretariat. The dialogue was attended by representatives from the ASCC, UN ESCAP, UNDP, and UN OCHA. They exchanged views on enhancing ASEAN-United Nations socio-cultural cooperation, particularly on accelerating actions to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, gender mainstreaming, and disaster management and humanitarian assistance.