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Vietnam seeks to integrate women, peace, security agenda into ASEAN Community pillars
Vietnam seeks to integrate women, peace, security agenda into ASEAN Community pillars
The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs held a workshop on mainstreaming women, peace
and security agenda in ASEAN Community pillars in Hanoi on February 11.
Addressing the event, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu highlighted the
importance of United Nations (UN)’s Resolution 1325 on women, peace and
security (WPS) in 2000, which has yet to receive adequate attention in all
pillars of the ASEAN Community.
He said he hopes through the
workshop, the ASEAN will seek next steps to strengthen discussions about the
WPS among the relevant agencies of the ASEAN and all the three pillars, thus
forming WPS norms and integrating the agenda into the ASEAN Community Post-2025
Vision, heading to the building of a Regional Action Plan (RAP) on the WPS with
specific targets and activities.
Vu held that the ASEAN can
integrate gender agenda and relevant matters into ASEAN
Community pillars as well as analysis on peace, traditional and
non-traditional security policies in the region through gender responsive
frameworks such as the “One ASEAN, Once Response” framework.
Vicky Ford, Minister for Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean at the Foreign, Commonwealth and
Development Office of the UK, said that gender equality is the only way to the
building of an equal and prosperous society. The UK commits to supporting
Vietnam in building its national action plan on the WPS, while cooperating with
the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) to organise training
programmes on the WPS, she said, lauding ASEAN’s commitments and achievements
in building RAP on the WPS.
At the event, leading experts
from the UN, the ASEAN Secretariat, the AIPR and countries that are strong in
the WPS gave their ideas on various issues, including efforts by the ASEAN and
international community in promoting the WPS agenda.
Major Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, the first Vietnamese Military Officer sent to UN
peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, shared the experience and recommendations
of Vietnam in promoting the role of women in peacekeeping operations.
The workshop was the continuance of Vietnam’s efforts to form and realise measures
to ensure women’s rights, creating favourable conditions for women to engage in
the process of decision-making and promoting the role of women in dealing with
risks and challenges threatening sustainable peace in the region./.
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ASEAN should incorporate gender and its related fields into ASEAN community pillars, analysing peace, traditional and non-traditional security policies of the region, in order to give early warnings to prevent disasters, terrorism and conflicts.
There are two initiatives to strengthen the WPS agenda in ASEAN, including the building of a national action plan on WPS in ASEAN member countries, and the building of a regional action plan on WPS of ASEAN.
We need practical measures to help ASEAN mainstream WPS agenda in community pillars and institutions have been put forward, towards a future when the role of women increase in conformity with their power and capacity.
ASEAN must promote global awareness of the important role of women in preventing and handling conflicts and building peace.
The role of women in building peace was upheld by delegates to the international conference on women, peace and security themed “Strengthening women’s role in building and sustaining peace: from commitments to results”.
Women play an important role in each country’s social life, in national building and development, as well as in conflict prevention and peace maintenance.
This is also the first time Vietnam has organised an international conference within the framework of Vietnam’s activities at the UN.
Vietnam and its women have been appreciated by the international community for their special role in nation building and peacekeeping missions, particularly Vietnamese women’s engagement in the UN’s activities.
Vietnam has actively participated in negotiations between countries and discussed with others to form international documents related to gender equality as well as programmes of actions.
Today’s women play an important role in policymaking and in UN peacekeeping missions.
Besides measures to solve conflicts, countries should pay attention to educating peace culture and building trust, and women have advantage in these issues.
Vietnamese women are participating in most areas of life, he said, noting that they have joined UN peacekeeping operations in the Central African Republic and South Sudan.
Women play a critical role in conflict prevention, resolution and recovery. WPS highlights the importance of gender-responsive policy to address the impact of COVID-19 and to ensure meaningful empowerment of women in the region. UN Women is committed to support ASEAN in this effort.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 10 met members of the Vietnamese national women’s football team who returned home earlier the same day after earning a berth at the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time and finishing fifth at the recently-concluded 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
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