I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate of the Security Council, and congratulate you and South Africa on the leadership you have shown in guiding the work of the Council for this month. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2008/258) and the Director for her i…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his presence here today and for his address to the Council. Among other things, the Secretary-General has addressed a concern that we share about the continuing violence. He has also emphasized the need for continued…
Terrorism is a concern shared by the entire membership of the United Nations and the international community at large. My delegation supported your decision, Mr. President, to organize this open debate, as a result of our understanding that broad participation by United Nations Member States in this…
I join others in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate. At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/159). I wo…
As a responsible party to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Viet Nam attaches great importance to all three major pillars of the NPT: non- proliferation of nuclear weapons; respect for the rights of all parties to development, research, production and use of nuclear energy fo…
First, I would like to thank Ambassador Nelson Santos, Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste, for his statement. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing on the situation following the attacks on the President and the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, an…
Once again, the Security Council is meeting to discuss an emergency situation created by the unilateral declaration of independence by the province of Kosovo from the Republic of Serbia. I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his report on the situation. I also thank His Excellency Mr. Boris Tad…
The delegation of Viet Nam is pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this important debate of the Security Council. Your presence attests to the importance that Panama attaches to the work of this body, which is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. We look forward to co…
First of all, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine.
Building upon the momentum generated by the Arab Peace Initiative and the Annapolis conference, which were hailed by the international commun…
The convening of this emergency meeting of the Security Council is necessary and timely in response to the urgent humanitarian situation in the occupied Gaza Strip. I thank you, Mr. President, for the efforts undertaken in your capacity as President of the Council to make this meeting happen. I also…
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) (S/2008/19). I thank the Secretary…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 honour to participate on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation in the joint debate today on two important agenda items relating to the report of the Security Council and the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Council and other related matters.
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The Vietnamese delegation totally shares the views of the Group of 77 and China set out in the statement delivered by the representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Group.
Every year for the past 14 years, the General Assembly, by a consistently overwhelming majority, has adopted a resolution calli…
