Vietnam is ready to participate in peacekeeping forces.
From June 26-29, a delegation of Vietnamese inter-sectoral officials led by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defense and Head of the Ministry of National Defense's Steering Committee on participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations, visited the United Nations Peacekeeping Agency and a number of functional agencies of the United Nations at its headquarters in New York, the United States, to prepare for Vietnam's participation in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force.
Vietnam is ready to share responsibility with the international community.
(Illustration photo: VNA)
Speaking at the reception for Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Mr. Edmon Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations in charge of peacekeeping, welcomed Vietnam's sharing of responsibility with the international community and its readiness to participate in the United Nations peacekeeping force.
He said that maintaining peace and stability on Earth is the ultimate and consistent goal stated in the United Nations Charter and the one who carries out this goal is none other than the 193 member countries of the largest multilateral organization on the planet.
UN Assistant Secretary-General Mulet introduced in detail the organization, apparatus and activities of the UN Peacekeeping Agency, as well as a number of peacekeeping missions currently present in many countries, aiming to prevent conflicts, isolate warring parties or rebuild areas where conflicts once occurred...
He expressed his belief that a peace-loving nation that has endured many sacrifices and hardships and fought steadfastly and courageously for peace like Vietnam will certainly bring to the United Nations peacekeeping force valuable experience in protecting common peace for humanity.
Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh sincerely thanked the United Nations for its positive assessments of our country's role in peacekeeping, as well as for the United Nations' full trust in Vietnam in this noble mission.
The General emphasized that this is the honor and responsibility of a United Nations member country and affirmed that as an active, proactive and responsible member of the international community, Vietnam will do a good job of preparing all conditions, including legal procedures, to soon send soldiers to join medical units, engineering units and staff officers of the Peacekeeping Force.
Before arriving in New York, the Vietnamese interdisciplinary delegation surveyed the activities of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan and learned about the practical experiences of military units from many countries carrying out peacekeeping and reconstruction missions in South Sudan.
Mr. Le Hoai Trung, Ambassador, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, participated in all activities of the Delegation./.
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