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Luxembourg represented at the Second Mekong River Commission Summit - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The Second Mekong River Commission Summit took place in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) on 5 April, 2014 under the theme “Water, Energy and Food Security in the context of climate change”. It was preceded on 2-3 April by an international conference on “Cooperation for energy, food and water security in transboundary basins under changing climate”. Heads and representatives of governments of the four countries Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, that are signatories of the “Agreement on the cooperation for the sustainable development of the Mekong River Basin” (1995), concluded the summit with the “Ho Chi Minh City Declaration” that summarizes achievements over the last four years and sketches priority areas of action for future projects. Luxembourg, that currently supports the “Climate change and adaptation initiative” of the Mekong River Commission with $2,600,000 over the time period from 2011-2015, was represented at the Summit by Dr. Jacques P. Leider, counselor at the Embassy in Bangkok and Deputy Head of Mission to Laos and Myanmar, and co-signed in the “Joint Development Partner Statement” made public during the summit.
Photo, left to right: Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Mr. Thongsing Thammavong, Prime Minister of Laos, Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam, and Mr. Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia.