Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai (Source: Foreign Ministry)Geneva (VNA) – Vietnam, as one of the countries most affected bybombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from wartime, alwaysstrongly supports efforts at national, regional and international levels tosolve consequences, ensure people’s lives and boost socio-economic developmentat contaminated areas.
The statement was made by Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, headof the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, the World Trade Organisation andother international organisations in Geneva, at the 46th meeting ofthe Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) Council ofFoundation held online on November 30.
Mai told participants that Vietnam is completing legaldocuments on handling bombs and mines left over from wartime, including NationalTechnical Regulations, National Standards and Quality Management Process.
At the regional level, Vietnam has helped speed upoperations of the ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC), while at theinternational level, Vietnam, as a non-permanent member of the UN SecurityCouncil for 2020-2021, has coordinated with GICHD and international partners insolving post-conflict bomb and mine consequences.
Vietnam also treasures and thanks for contributions andexperience of GICHD in stepping up bomb and mine clearance activities as wellas the centre’s effective cooperation with Vietnam’s relevant offices,particularly the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC).
During the session, the GICHD Council of Foundation updatedNational Mine Action Standards in several countries such as Afghanistan,Cambodia, Ukraine, Yemen and Vietnam.
Founded in 1998, the GICHD employs around 80 staff membersfrom 25 nations. It works toward reducing risks to communities stemming fromexplosive ordnance, with particular focus on mines, cluster munitions, otherexplosive remnants of war and ammunition storages./.
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