New York (VNA), Jan. 18 -- Head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy on January 17 met President of the UN General Assembly's 74th session Tijiani Muhammad-Bande to discuss improving the efficiency of the UN's operations.

As President of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for January 2020, Ambassador Quy informed Muhammad-Bande about the UNSC's agenda during the month.

He emphasised that the UNSC members had reached high consensus on important issues such as adopting the Resolution on cross-border humanitarian assistance mechanism for Syria, the Resolution on extending the mandate of the UN mission in Yemen, and successfully holding an open debate on upholding the UN Charter to maintain interna...