Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam supports thereform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to ensure representation, democracy,transparency and efficiency, said VietnameseAmbassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN.
Addressing the 27th plenary meeting ofthe UN General Assembly on November 16-17 on UNSC reform, Quy stressedVietnam’s support for an increase in the number of UNSC permanent andnon-permanent members in order to ensure fair representation of regionalgroups, especially for underrepresented groups and developing countries.
He underlined the need to take into account the role and contributions ofcountries in maintaining international peace and security when considering theselection of new members.
The intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) needs to focus on the UN's long-term goals and visions,he said, noting that the negotiations should be sincere and mutuallyrespectful, and trying to find common ground to promote negotiations towardsgaining extensive support on this important issue.
Participants to the event agreed that it is necessary to promote ING in orderto speed up the reform of UNSC in a practical manner.
The reform of UNSC focuses on five clusters, including the question of the use of the veto power, categories ofmembership, regional representation, size and working methods, and therelationship between the UN General Assembly and UNSC.
Sinceits founding in 1945, the UNSC has undergone the first reform in 1965 with thenumber of non-permanent members increasing from six to 10. The UN GeneralAssembly passed Resolution 47/62 to initiate discussion on the UNSC reform in1998, and Decision No. 62/557 on IGN in 2008 to begin discussion in detail onthis topic./.
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