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Vietnam's aspiration for stronger cooperation with UN
Vietnam's aspiration for stronger cooperation with UN
17/10/17
Promoting effective cooperation with the United Nations (UN) is always a top priority of Vietnam’s foreign policies, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said while addressing a ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam’s membership to the UN in Hanoi on October 17.
Since its establishment in 1945, the UN has been leading in the world in peacekeeping activities, preventing conflicts, promoting cooperation and development, and ensuring human rights, the PM said. And, since the first days as a member, Hanoi has been proactively involved in many activities within the intergovernmental organization.
He recalled the event on September 20, 1977 when the UN General Assembly admitted Vietnam as the 149th member, which marks the UN’s recognition of the independence, freedom and unification of the Southeast Asian country, progressing to “Doi moi” (renewal) and international integration.
On behalf of the Vietnamese Government and people, the PM thanked the UN and international community for their valuable assistance for Vietnam over the past four decades.
He noted that development and cooperation targets could only be achieved in the condition of peace and stability, which is particularly meaningful to the Asian-Pacific region. The Southeast Asian country will continue enhancing its cooperation with the UN in a deeper and more effective manner, contributing to the maintenance of peace, stability, and sustainable development in the region and the world.
Vietnam vows to promote fundamental principles of the UN Chapter and international law as well as equal, friendly and cooperative relations among nations, ensuring legitimate interests of all countries, especially developing ones.
Vietnam pledges to continue to be a member of UN agencies and expand peacekeeping operation as well as implement the sustainable development agenda and the Paris agreement on climate change, he said.
Vietnam hopes the UN will further promote its role in maintaining peace, international security, preventing and accelerating the settlement of disputes via peaceful means and on the basis of respecting the UN Chapter and international law, he said.
The country hopes to receive international support to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in the 2020-2021 tenure, he added.
The PM also called on the UN, development partners and international friends to continuously support Vietnam to implement successfully its renewal process to achieve sustainable development and prosperity.
On this occasion, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a congratulatory message to the Vietnamese people and Government, saying that the international community has considered Vietnam, with numerous efforts in Doi moi, as a successful example of development.
He applauded Vietnam’s commitments to the South-South Cooperation and affirmed the UN’s commitment to continue strong cooperation with the country, while expressing his hope that the country will further engage in UN peacekeeping operations.
In his speech, UN Resident Coordinator to Vietnam Kamal Malhotra highly valued Vietnam-UN cooperation over the past four decades. He hailed Vietnam’s efforts in achieving most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before 2015, voicing his belief that with its strong political resolve and experience in the MDGs realisation, the country will attain the Sustainable Development Goals with greater results.
From an ODA receiver, Vietnam has become a development partner, actively contributed to the maintenance of international peace and security, and helped to prevent and peacefully solve disputes and conflicts in the world on the basis of the UN Charter, he noted.
Malhotra said UN organisations will continue supporting the country to deal with challenges through high-level policy consultation, experience sharing, and expertise provision, thus helping to carry out innovative and feasible solutions towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
As part of the ceremony, PM Phuc and Resident Coordinator Malhotra cut the ribbon to launch an exhibition of the 40-year relationship between Vietnam and the UN./.
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Vietnam has recorded substantive improvement of its stature since it became a member of the United Nations (UN) four decades ago.
Vietnam’s struggle for independence contributed to the UN’s adoption of the General Assembly’s Resolution 1514, on December 14, 1960, on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples.
Vietnam has contributed to the improvement of the UN’s role by participating in building norms and standards of international law on issues from disarmament to socio-economic affairs, or plotting the UN’s orientations like the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Notably, the country’s standing in cooperation with the UN has also changed elaborating that it has changed from simply taking part in meetings to joining UN mechanisms in an active manner.
Vietnam is an active and responsive member of UN.
The Prime Minister stressed that as a responsible member of the UN, the country has made contributions to the UN’s common work.
The 40th anniversary of Vietnam’s membership to the United Nations was celebrated at the Organization’s headquarters, with the presence of the Prime Minister of the Asian country.
UN Secretary General, Antonio Gutérrez and the President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Peter Thompson, commended Vietnam’s role within the Organization throughout these years and its contribution to the efforts of the United Nations as regards peace-keeping and the promotion of development, as well as, its leadership in the defense of the purposes and principles enshrined in the UN Charter.
Secretary General Guterres highly valued Vietnam’s recent socio-economic achievements, especially millennium goals, hoping the Southeast Asian nation to succeed in implementing sustainable development goals.
Over the past 40 years, we have been glad over the development of the Vietnam-UN ties. The Vietnamese people always remember the precious assistance and support of the UN and the international community in overcoming the war consequences and in national construction, helping Vietnam to gain proud achievements today.
Vietnam always respects values of human rights and democracy which UN pursuits for.
Vietnam treasures its cooperation with the UN and calls for further UN’s central role in maintaining peace and security, and settling disputes through peaceful means on the basis of respecting UN Charter and the international law.
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