I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 13 initial sponsors of draft resolution A/65/L.12 on sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth for the eradication of poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chi…
Viet Nam associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Over the past year, we have witnessed a number of positive developments reflected in the entry into force of the New START treaty between the United States and the Russian Federa…
Viet Nam, as in all previous years, voted in favour of the resolution under agenda item 41, introduced at today’s General Assembly meeting by the Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.
Nineteen years have passed since the General Assembly adopted the first …
Thank you, Mr. President, for allowing us to speak very briefly. And let me apologize to all the other representatives for requesting to speak at this late hour.
We want to speak in response to the statement made by Sweden about the so-called jailing and harassment of journalists in Viet Nam. We b…
We are grateful to His Excellency Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the Assembly, for having convened these meetings, which began yesterday on a very special day, World Humanitarian Day, in order for us to gain a fuller understanding of the gravity of the floods, their devastation, the admirable de…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
ASEAN is encouraged by the global response to HIV/AIDS, which has recorded significant progress since the adoption of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS in 2001 and the Political Declaration on HIV/AI…
My delegation would like to thank the Russian Federation for its initiative and the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting to mark the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, for this event provides humankind with a special opportunity to celebrate its great…
As we gather here to review the status of the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development, it is now vital, given the positive yet limited achievements made in this area, to enlist greater international efforts to meet the challenges, particularly …
To begin, allow me, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, to convey the warmest greetings of the Government and people of Viet Nam to the Government and people of Palestine.
The Vietnamese delegation wishes to align itself with the statement delivered b…
On behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I would like to thank the President for convening today’s meeting to discuss a subject dear to the heart of the broad membership of the General Assembly. I would also like to express my gratitude to Ambassador Maria Fernanda Espinosa of Ecuador and Ambassador …
Having voted in favour of resolution 1907 (2009), just adopted by the Council, Viet Nam calls on Eritrea and other parties concerned to show maximal restraint, refrain from actions that might lead to the exacerbation or escalation of tension, strictly implement the relevant Security Council resoluti…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the 10 States members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. At the outse…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone, I would like to report to the Council on the work of the Committee during the period of 2008-2009 and share my assessment on the way forward.
Since the adoption of re…
I thank the Burkina Faso Presidency for the initiative to organize this open debate of the Security Council. And I thank you, Mr. President, for personally presiding over the debate. I also thank the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)…
My delegation takes note of the tenth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). And I thank Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo for his briefing to the Council.
Viet Nam has always maintained that the perpetrators of the most s…
On behalf of the delegation of Viet Nam, I warmly congratulate you, Sir, and your delegation on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. In discharging your important task, you and your delegation can rely on the fullest cooperation of my delegation. I would also like to conve…
We too wish to thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz of Chile for his in- depth briefing on the related activities of the Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund during the period under review.
The overriding purpose of Security Council resolution 1645 (2005)…
Let me join other members of the Council in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the Security Council today and in thanking him for his statement. I especially congratulate him on the election of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a no…
On behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I would like to express our
appreciation for the presentation of the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund contained in documents A/64/341 and A/64/217, respectively.
My delegation asso…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia for his briefing and introduction of the report of the Secretary-General, as contained in document S/2009/590. I also welcome t…
