Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Dang Dinh Quy addresses the debate (Photo: VNA)New York (VNA) – Head of Vietnam’sPermanent Mission to the United Nations Dang Dinh Quy reiterated Vietnam’scommitment to promoting multilateralism and supporting the UN’s central role inensuring peace, security, and sustainable development.
He was addressing the UN General Assembly’s open debate on maintaininginternational peace and security, promoting multilateralism and the UN’s role onNovember 9.
He said in the context when international peace and security are facing morecomplicated traditional and non-traditional challenges, the international communityneed to maintain and raise the efficiency of multilateralism as history provedthat unilateral and bilateral measures could not address global issues.
Quy emphasized that all member countries, especially ones playing an importantrole, need to continue renewing strong commitments and taking real actions toensure the international system is based on rule in which all issues areaddressed on the basis of fairness and equality.
Multilateral institutions, first of all the UN, need to continue with reform toimprove their efficiency and transparency and really attach to people, he said.
The Ambassador asserted Vietnam’s support for the UN Secretary-General’s reformefforts and stressed the importance of outlining an appropriate action plan forthe UN reform.
As a proactive, active and responsible member of the international community,Vietnam will continue working for a world of peace, prosperity, fairness andsustainable development, Quy said.
In his opening remarks, UN Secretary-General AntonioGuterres said multilateralism has brought for immense achievements, such as the2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climatechange, and peace-keeping activities.
As the world is coping with unprecedented challenges stemming from the rise innew conflict multiply, extremism, force population movement, climate changeadvances, and deepened inequality, the UN official called for maintaining multilateralismand collective problem-solving actions, strengthening commitments to retainingthe rule-based world; and using more effectively intermediate reconciliation mechanismsto address conflicts.-VNA
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