Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations Dang Dinh Quy (L) and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (Source: VNA).

The Ambassador stressed that in implementing the Resolution of the 12th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country has been actively participating in the UN’s cooperation and activities across the fields, winning the approval of international friends.

As a result, the country has been elected to many UN agencies with high votes, such as the Security Council (2008-2009 tenure), the Economic and Social Council (1998-2000 and 2016-2018 tenures), the Human Rights Council (2014-2016 tenure), the UNESCO Executive Board (2015-2019 tenure) and the International Law Commission (2017-2021 tenure).

Those achievements are in line with the external policy of enhancing quality and effectiveness of multilateral external work and proactively contributing to the building and formation of multilateral institutions as set in the Resolution of the 12th Party Congress, he said.

The Vietnam Peacekeeping Department was set up in January this year based on the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre which was established in 2013, with the task of expanding the scale of the country’s participation in UN peacekeeping activities.

In development cooperation in the UN framework, Vietnam has actively advocated South-South cooperation through taking the initiative in building models and joining tripartite projects. 

On July 5 this year, Vietnam and the UN signed a Joint One Strategic Plan (OSP) for the 2017-2021 period between the Vietnamese Government and 18 UN agencies, which Ambassador Quy described as an important milestone marking the strong commitment of both the UN and Vietnam to realizing the agenda on sustainable development to 2030. 

As a member of the Human Rights Council during 2014-2016, Vietnam actively participated in efforts to promote human rights in the world. 

At the same time, as coordinator of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the Human Rights Council, Vietnam was also active in coordinating the positions of ASEAN member countries at the council and spoke on behalf of the bloc during discussions.

Ambassador Quy affirmed that Vietnam seriously performed the country’s obligations in human rights protection, as demonstrated in its successful delivery of two Universal Periodic Reviews.

The ambassador said Vietnam will continue to work for peace, stability and sustainable development in the region and in the world while deepening its cooperation with the UN. 

Vietnam will participate deeper in UN peacekeeping activities and strive for the successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris agreement on climate change.

The country will keep up with its support of efforts to reform the UN in the direction of enhancing the efficiency, transparency and democracy of its activities.

Source: VNA