Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN.(Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – The United Nations (UN) should build along-term and comprehensive strategy to prevent conflicts and maintain globalpeace, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Missionto the UN.
At the UN Security Council’s open debate themed “Addressing ComplexContemporary Challenges to International Peace and Security” held on December20, Ambassador Nga laid stress on the role of the UN Security Council inensuring international security and peace.
She affirmed support for the council’s reform towards greater representation, democracy,transparency and responsibility to ensure that the council can effectivelycarry out its mission.
Regarding Asia-Pacific issue, Nga reiterated Vietnam’s stance of supporting thedenuclearization of the Korean Peninsula via peaceful solutions and called on relatedparties to restrain and fully respect relevant resolutions issued by the UNSecurity Council.
She asserted Vietnam’s commitments in maintaining regional peace and stabilityand called on relevant sides to address East Sea disputes through peacefulmeasures which are in accordance with international regulations, including theUS Convention on the Law of the Sea, while giving full respect for diplomaticand legal process, and observing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties inthe East Sea (DOC).
The diplomat said with the adoption of the framework of a Code of Conduct inthe East Sea (COC), all parties need to push forward with negotiations to makethe COC effective and legally binding.
The open debate was proposed by the Japanese mission to the UN, which isholding the presidency of the UN Security Council in December.
At the event, UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres underlined existingchallenges, including nuclear weapons, climate change, abuse of scientific andtechnological advances, ethnic and religious conflicts, terrorism and extremistviolence, human trafficking and immigration crisis.
He said the UN should uphold the central role of preventive diplomacy incompanion with sustainable development and respect for human rights inaddressing the challenges.
Manycountries expressed the opinion that the UN should adjust its approach to suitthe rapid changes in the world, and welcomed the UN General Secretary’sinitiatives on reforming the UN across the three pillars of peace-security,development and management work.-VNA
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