The Government of Viet Nam consistently pursues a foreign policy based on the principles of respect for the
independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity and national identity of all nations. We support the legitimate right of every State to exist, free from external interference, subv…
I would like to express Viet Nam’s high appreciation and sincere thanks to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on follow-up to the special session on children (A/58/333). It sums up the global endeavour in favour of the interests of children.
The specific goals are set forth in the D…
I would like to join previous speakers in registering our thanks to the Ambassador of the United States, Mr. Negroponte, for his introduction of the report of the Security Council. Along the same lines, we wish to thank the Council and the Secretariat for their preparation of the annual report of th…
Murphy’s Law applies to this particular case. What the whole international community has breathlessly feared has happened. The war against Iraq has entered its seventh day. It is deeply deplorable that the worldwide protests and tireless efforts by many Member States and members of the Security Coun…
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. This special occasion has provided us with a precious opportunity to review and evaluate the implementation of the Convention, as well as the developments relating to ocean …
There is hardly an issue that has attracted more attention by the United Nations and the international community than the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Year after year at this forum, we have debated the same topics — the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine …
It has been seven years since the Copenhagen Summit on Social Development firmly placed the question of social development at the centre of the international policy debate. The Copenhagen Declaration laid out the fundamental concepts, principles and goals of social development and agreed upon a numb…
My delegation would like to commend the Secretary- General very highly for initiating the debate on this important item, entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system”. We also thank the Deputy Secretary- General for his role in respect of the report entitled “Strengthening of the United Nati…
I am not going to tell the story of my life. But I had the opportunity to go to Cuba in 1986, and last year again I accompanied my President to Havana for the South Summit. On those two visits, 15 years apart, I was amazed by what I witnessed on that tiny island. The streets of beautiful and bustlin…
I am again the last speaker of the day, but I am happy because it gives me a little extra time to congratulate the President on the effective manner in which he is conducting the work of the session, which gives us every reason to believe that it will be steered to a fruitful conclusion.
I wish als…
It is a great privilege for me to speak on this important agenda item. The question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the urgent need to expand its membership have been discussed in the General Assembly, and in the Working Group set up for that purpose, in a continuous manner d…
The tragedies of 11 September will go down in contemporary history as one of the most heinous crimes committed against innocent people. Some 6,000 men and women perished in the ruins of the World Trade Center, in Virginia and in the wreckage in Pennsylvania, while thousands of others are suffering i…
I should like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his comprehensive and insightful annual report on the work of the United Nations and for his important statement to begin our discussion of this agenda item.
My delegation is very grateful that the Secretary- General’s annual report …
Sir, on behalf of the Asian Group, I wish to extend to you the warmest congratulations on the occasion of your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are fully confident that with your diplomatic skills, you will lead this session to a fruitful conclusion.
We all are profoundly shoc…
The question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters is an important item on the agenda of the General Assembly of the United Nations at this millennium session. After considering this question for six consecutive years, we have now a…
The question of peace, security and reunification on the Korean Peninsula is surely a very fundamental item on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly at this session. My delegation would like to associate itself strongly with the draft resolution entitled: “Peace, Security and Reunificati…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly today on behalf of the Viet Nam delegation to add our voice to the discussion of preparations for the General Assembly’s special session on children, to be held in September next year. Let me first register my country’s strong support for and full co…
The delegation of Viet Nam wishes to thank His Excellency Ambassador Martin Andjaba, Permanent Representative of Namibia and President of the Security Council for the month of October, for his
succinct and informative presentation of the report of the Security Council (A/55/2). His statement surely…
