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Vietnam condemns use of chemical weapons at UNSC discussion
Vietnam condemns use of chemical weapons at UNSC discussion
Vietnam has reiterated the consistent policy in
favour of non-proliferation and disarmament regimes, as well as the country’s
support for the role of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW) in ridding the world of chemical weapons.
Speaking at a discussion of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the
implementation of Resolution 2118 (2013) regarding the settlement of chemical
weapons in Syria, Ambassador
Pham Hai Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN
voiced concern over the use of chemical weapons in Syria and the current
impasse.
He called on the two sides to deepen their technical cooperation in a
constructive and non-politicised manner, with the aim of finally settling
remaining outstanding issues related to Syria’s initial declaration.
He looked forward to the upcoming meeting between the Foreign Minister and head
of the National Authority of Syria and the OPCW Director-General — which should
serve as a confidence-building measure - and called for the international
community to lend its support to that engagement.
Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for
Disarmament Affairs, briefed the 15-member Council on her Office’s recent
engagement with its OPCW counterparts.
Noting that their work remains subject to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and
conditions on the ground, she reported that the Syrian authorities requested
talks with the organisation’s Declarations Assessment Team to be pushed back to
October from the initially requested date in September.
UNSC members showed their concern over the accusation of the use of chemical
weapons in Syria, underlining the need to strengthen cooperation between the
Syrian Government and OPCW as well as members of the Chemical Weapon Convention
to deal with issues related to chemical weapons in the country./.
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Using a variety of defoliants, the U.S. military also intentionally targeted cultivated land, destroying crops and disrupting rice production and distribution in Vietnam.
This dispersion of Agent Orange over a vast area of central and south Vietnam poisoned the soil, river systems, lakes and rice paddies of Vietnam, enabling toxic chemicals to enter the food chain.
Because the effects of the chemical are passed from one generation to the next, Agent Orange is now debilitating its third and fourth generation.
Agent Orange was the most notorious chemical defoliant sprayed by US forces over Vietnam to destroy jungles and vegetation during the Vietnam war.
Agent Orange contained dioxin, one of the most toxic chemicals known to man!
From the 1960s, doctors in Vietnam began to see a sharp rise in birth defects, cancers and other illnesses linked to exposure to Agent Orange.
America has never taken responsibility for spraying the herbicide over Laos during the Vietnam War. But generations of ethnic minorities have endured the consequences.
Only in the last two decades has the United States finally acknowledged and taken responsibility for the legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam, committing hundreds of millions of dollars to aiding the victims and cleaning up the worst-contaminated hot spots there. But not for Vietnamese!
During a period of 10 years, from 1961 to 1971, they almost dumped into southern Vietnam about 80 million liters of herbicides, 61% of which was Agent Orange, containing about 366 kg of dioxin, the most toxic chemical that we can know until now.
The chemical warfare conducted by the U.S. has caused serious consequences for the people of Vietnam: More than 3 million hectares of forest were destroyed, more than 22,000 villages directly sprayed 4,8 million people were directly exposed to toxic chemicals, of which more than 3 million people have been suffering from dangerous diseases, especially cancers and malformations.
Hundreds of thousands of them have died. The rest of them are struggling with cruel diseases or having malformations and deformities. Many women can not become wife and mother.
US is the country which has used chemical weapons many times, in many wars, on many other countries. And, they are still symbol of human rights. So hilarious!
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