Five years ago, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) entered into force, marking an historic event in the development of international
criminal law. My delegation today thanks Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the ICC, for having presented the Court’s report, submitted to th…
My delegation is very pleased to take part in the debate on this important item on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly.
First and foremost, we wish to thank the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea for their joint efforts in introducing draft resolution A/62…
First of all, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report entitled “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: fifth consolidated report on progress in implementation and international support” (A/62/203), which highlights progress made so far towards the realization of Africa’s aspiration t…
It is a great honour for me to speak on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation at this important meeting of the General Assembly. My delegation is convinced that our debate today demonstrates our sustained attention to the strengthening of the Peacebuilding Commission and the enhancement of the coordin…
On behalf of the Viet Nam delegation, I would like to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. I am confident that under your able leadership this session will meet with success. I thank the Secretary-General for his annual report on the wor…
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to Pakistan and the Philippines for the initiative and leadership culminating in this very timely and important meeting.
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report.
Having been victimized by many destructive wars, the Vietnamese people tre…
It is a great honour for my delegation to take part in this open debate. We express our deep appreciation for the briefings on the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the Committees established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and 1540 (2004).
Viet Nam denounces all acts of terroris…
The Vietnamese delegation welcomes the convening of these plenary meetings to give Member States an opportunity to express their views on the important report entitled “Recommendations contained in the report of the High-level Panel on United Nations System-wide Coherence in the areas of development…
It is my great pleasure to speak on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation in the joint debate on two important agenda items relating to the report of the Security Council (A/61/2) and the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters…
It is a great honour for me to speak on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation on agenda item 14, entitled “Question of Palestine”. At the outset, let me to join all those who have spoken previously in expressing sincere thanks to the Secretary-General for his report, contained in
document A/61/355. O…
On behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his fourth consolidated report on progress in the implementation of and international support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/61/212). The report highlights the progress made so far to…
At the outset, on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his annual report on the work of the Organization. We take note with satisfaction that the report highlights the goals of development and achieving peace and secur…
Madam President, at the outset, on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, may I extend our warmest congratulations to you, the third woman in United Nations history to be elected as President of the General Assembly. I am confident that, under your wise leadership, this sixty- first session will be cr…
I join others in expressing gratitude for the convening of this meeting to enable delegations to express their views on the question of reform of the Security Council. My delegation hopes that with the new vigour created by the recent achievements of Member States — the establishment of the Peacebui…
Humankind is today at a crucial stage in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In the last five years, the number of HIV- infected people, especially in developing countries, has continued to rise. HIV prevention programmes have yet to reach the most vulnerable groups. Four of the six global targets set out i…
Viet Nam has been hoping for a human rights council with a larger membership — a human rights council that is able to make a better contribution to the promotion and protection of the realization of the right to development, which is of paramount importance to all countries and peoples, especially t…
Let me at the outset thank the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General for their initiative and endeavours in bringing together delegates from around the world, as well as representatives of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to discuss international migration,…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 10 member States of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam — to introduce draft resolu…
It is my great pleasure to speak on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation in this debate on the progress achieved in the work of the Peacebuilding Commission. My delegation sees this plenary meeting as a good opportunity to review the recent work done by the Commission and to set out future guidelines…
My delegation would like to express its appreciation to you, Madam President, for convening those important meetings. We would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report (A/61/816) submitted under the agenda item we are addressing today.
As the report of the Secretary-Ge…
