Moldovan foreign minister gives speech at ministerial meeting on United Nations Development Programme's anniversary

Chisinau, 25 February /MOLDPRES/ - Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and European Integration Minister Andrei Galbur on 24 February gave a speech at a ministerial meeting occasioned by the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), held in New York on the same day, the Foreign and European Integration Ministry’s (MAEIE) information and media communication service has reported.    

In his speech, the head of the Moldovan diplomacy referred, in particular, to ways of collecting substantial financial resources and managing them reasonably, by achieving the millennium development goals set in the 2030 Agenda. Galbur highlighted the importance of applying a system of balanced taxation, promoting an international financial cooperation and efficient use of economic resources of the states. All these are able to stimulate the development of the United Nations member states.   

In this context, the Moldovan minister emphasized the UN’s role in facilitating partnerships and creating proper platforms to mobilize needed resources, in order to implement the new global agenda of sustainable development, including in terms of fighting poverty and removing inequalities.   

The minister pointed out Moldova’s fruitful cooperation with UNDP in carrying out a string of projects in various fields with friendly impact on the social and economic development of the country. Andrei Galbur reiterated the Moldovan cabinet’s commitment to further closely cooperate with the UN, in order to implement the sustainable development goals set in the 2030 Agenda.  

(Editor A. Raileanu)