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Le Luong Minh

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first: 2007-02-23
most recent: 2010-01-13
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“My delegation calls on all parties in Iraq to accord the highest priority to national interests, to renounce all potentially destabilizing acts and to jointly shoulder the national agenda of reconciliation and dialogue, political stabilization and socioeconomic reform, thus creating the most conducive environment possible for the provincial elections scheduled for January 2009, as well as for the country's long-term peace, stability and prosperity. In order to help Iraq to maximize its internal strengths and to fully integrate into the world community, United Nations agencies, neighbouring countries and the international community can and should play a more incisive role.”
2008-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6016 (2008) · source
“As reported by the Secretary- General, the deteriorated living conditions of vulnerable groups, most of whom are women, Children, refugees or internally displaced persons, deserve the continued attention and cooperation of all relevant stakeholders in order to serve the legitimate interests of Iraqi civilians in compliance with international human rights and humanitarian law. As in any other country emerging from a devastating war, the quest for durable peace and sustainable development in Iraq should be a nationally owned process relying on a harmonious combination of various political, security and socioeconomic parameters and requiring the united efforts of all segments of the population.”
2008-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6016 (2008) · source
“While the Iraqi economy continues to grow, thanks in large part to oil revenues, there are still pressing demands to devote more resources and capacity to generating employment, ensuring food security and better access to public services, promoting social welfare and environmental protection, advancing the legislative agenda and constitutional review, curbing the illicit use of weapons and combating organized crime, promoting disarmament and demobilizing and reintegrating ex-combatants. The latest series of incidents involving sectarian violence and suicide bombings in Baghdad, Kirkuk and a number of other provinces reminds us that security gains are still fragile.”
2008-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6016 (2008) · source
“My delegation notes with encouragement Iraq's continued and measured progress across a vast spectrum, including a further decrease in security incidents and violence, the long-awaited adoption of the provincial council elections law, the general observance of Moqtada al-Sadr's ceasefire, the formal transfer of security responsibilities to the Iraqi army in 13 governorates and the accelerated return of internally displaced persons and refugees. We are also heartened to see the incremental macroeconomic improvements in domestic consumption, public expenditure, budget execution, private sector reform, foreign and local investment and external debt settlement. The aforementioned progress, however, has not eclipsed the magnitude of the challenges that remain pertinent.”
2008-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6016 (2008) · source
“On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank Mr. de Mistura, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), for his detailed briefing. I also thank Ambassador Khalilzad of the United States for his report on behalf of the Multinational Force in Iraq. We welcome the participation of the delegation of Iraq in this debate and thank Ambassador Al Bayati for his statement. We are approaching the end of 2008 amid intertwining achievements and challenges with regard to the situation in Iraq.”
2008-11-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6016 (2008) · source
“In the process of preparing the draft report, my delegation enjoyed not only effective cooperation, but also, indeed, valuable support and assistance from all 08-57729 members and former members of the Council and from the Secretariat. The draft report contains and otherwise reflects many of their contributions. On behalf of my delegation, I wish to take this opportunity to express to them our most sincere appreciation and gratitude.”
2008-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6007 (2008) · source
“It was based on that perception and our desire to contribute to enhancing the openness, transparency and efficiency of the work of the Council with a view to enabling the Council to better perform its important and noble mission of maintaining international peace and security that we convened an informal meeting at the very end of our presidency to update United Nations Member States on the preparation of the annual report and to seek their views and suggestions, which did help to make the draft report that Council members have before them today more analytical, balanced and substantive. As a way of appreciating their valuable contributions and further improving the quality of the annual reports of the Council to the General Assembly, I humbly offer this experience to future July presidents.”
2008-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6007 (2008) · source
“Such incremental improvements, we believe, have the potential not only to strengthen the perception of and contributions from the wider membership of the United Nations and other relevant stakeholders in the work of the Council, but also to enhance the Council's authority and efficiency in discharging its mandates. Towards that end, my delegation maintains that there is scope to develop the July presidency's consultations with not only Council members but also 08-57729 the United Nations membership at large in the process of outlining and finalizing the annual report.”
2008-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6007 (2008) · source
“Over the past few years, the complexity and multidimensional character of the international situation have created ever-increasing demand for United Nations conflict prevention, mediation and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding activities. Against that backdrop, the Security Council has faced increasingly complex responsibilities in shouldering its noble mission of maintaining international peace and security. In order to better reflect the increased role and involvement of the Council under challenging circumstances, the quality of its annual report to the General Assembly should be further consolidated in all related aspects.”
2008-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6007 (2008) · source
“A large part of the introduction is devoted to general issues, ranging from terrorism, the non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the protection of civilians in armed conflict, children and armed conflict and women and peace and security to the work of subsidiary organs of the Council, such as the sanctions Committees, the Working Group on Documentation and the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations. Coordination and cooperation with other principal organs of the United Nations, as well as the evolving role of regional and subregional organizations, have also been highlighted, as appropriate.”
2008-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6007 (2008) · source
“The introductory part of the report that we prepared provides insights into how the Council addressed a wide array of issues in another year of its intensive work, reflecting the 2 Council's achievements and situations and circumstances in which it was unable to take action. In every case, we have tried to reflect the general views expressed by Council members. In the course of developments in conflicts and disputes in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Balkans, the introduction elaborates on regular briefings by the Secretariat, interventions by countries and/or parties concerned, communications with troop- contributing countries and follow-up deliberations and actions of the Council to respond to the situations under review.”
2008-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6007 (2008) · source
“As you and the other members of the Council are aware, Mr. President, the General Assembly will discuss the annual report of the Security Council in early November. To give United Nations Members enough time to study the report before they discuss it at the General Assembly, early submission of the report by the Council is important. I thank you for convening this timely meeting. As President of the Council for the month of July 2008, Viet Nam was charged with the task of preparing the introduction to the 2008 annual report of the Council to the General Assembly. The draft report covers the work of the Council during the period from 1 August 2007 to 31 July 2008.”
2008-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6007 (2008) · source
“Our country now ranks third in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of the female ratio in the parliament membership and has had, for over two decades, a female Vice-President of State and several female Ministers. In every State or public institution there is a women's affairs committee that oversees and promotes the implementation of gender equality policies. Ensuring gender equality and empowering women has been and continues to be a major policy of the Vietnamese State and Government. We support and continue to implement resolution 1325 (2000) at all levels.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“Gender mainstreaming needs to be strengthened in peace and security areas, with gender incorporated into all legislation, strategies and policies on conflict prevention and resolution, and reconstruction. That, in turn, will build foundations to back women's equal representation and leadership in peace and security institutions, while enlarging space for their participation in peace talks. The implementation of such efforts can and should be assisted by the United Nations through a wide range of measures, from legal and technical assistance to negotiation and leadership skills training programmes. In Viet Nam women served in wartime as generals and peace negotiators.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“In many societies, women are left inactive and with little chance to take part in decision-making processes, and are often excluded from activities related to peace and security. Women's representation in security institutions, law enforcement bodies and peace negotiation delegations has seen little improvement since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000). We believe that the most effective way to enhance the participation of women in peace processes is to empower them both politically and economically. To that end, it is important to ensure their equal access to education and information, since that helps to raise their awareness of their own rights and equips them with the knowledge and skills necessary to actively participate in governance and economic activities and in peace processes.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“My delegation is encouraged to see United Nations agencies, and especially peacekeeping missions, playing a more active role in promoting, through technical as well as financial assistance, women's participation in all stages of the peace process in many countries. As the Secretary-General notes in his report, there has emerged "a culture of gender equality and women's empowerment in peace and security areas" (S/2008/622, para. 8). We consider that trend to be encouraging. My delegation remains preoccupied, however, by the fact that we are still far from able to ensure the full and equal participation of women in conflict prevention, peace negotiations, peacemaking and post- conflict peacebuilding.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“My delegation commends the measures that the United Nations has taken over the past years in promoting the role of women in peace and security in many parts of the world, particularly in conflict areas. Most notable among those measures have been the adoption by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of directives and plans on gender equality in peacekeeping operations; the integration of gender quality in planning, monitoring and the collection of data by humanitarian entities; and the development by many United Nations agencies of strategies to further mainstream gender into the mandates for conflict prevention and peacebuilding.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“I thank you, Sir, and the Chinese delegation for convening this debate of the Security Council on women and peace and security, with a focus on the participation of women in all stages of the peace process. I thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (8/2008/622) on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), to which Viet Nam attaches great importance. I also thank all the invited speakers for their meaningful contributions. Women account for more than half of the world's population. Families cannot be homes without women playing a key role in maintaining and nurturing them. Societies cannot be peaceful communities without the vital participation of women.”
2008-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6005 (2008) · source
“We urge the two countries to cooperate and to engage in diplomatic efforts to diffuse tension and generate political space for a peaceful resolution of the dispute. My delegation commends and supports the mediation efforts of the African Union, the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to find ways to end the conflict and the dispute. We encourage the Secretary-General, in coordination with regional stakeholders, to use his offices to develop confidence-building measures and engage both parties in dialogue with a view to finding a peaceful solution to the dispute that is in conformity with the fundamental principles of international law and the United Nations Charter.”
2008-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6000 (2008) · source
“First of all, I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, for his presence and his statement to the Council. I also thank the representative of Eritrea for his participation. My delegation has followed closely the situation along the border between Djibouti and Eritrea. We remain concerned about the sharp escalation in tension and the suspension of diplomatic relations between the two countries as a result of their border dispute. In our judgement, that dispute, if left unchecked, could spill over into a wider regional conflict, with greater potential consequences. We call for maximum restraint by both parties, for their commitment to a ceasefire and for a withdrawal by Eritrea of its forces to the status quo ante.”
2008-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6000 (2008) · source
“The supplementary role of international expertise and assistance should be implemented with due respect for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of States and bearing in mind the specificities and interests of the countries under consideration.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“My delegation believes that further improvements in the development agenda, especially in poverty reduction, education and training, rural and agricultural rehabilitation, private sector reform and capacity-building, will help address the root causes of conflict, nurture socio-economic recovery and create a framework for lasting peace and sustained reconstruction. The Commission should also promote national ownership and participation in all stages of its work. In the final analysis, the overarching goal of peacebuilding is to enable the countries emerging from conflict to build up autonomous capacity and domestic resources towards self-sustained peace, security and development, conditions in which the local people are both the primary force and the biggest beneficiaries.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“The Commission should strengthen its role by improving the integrated peacebuilding strategies and formulating efficient tracking and monitoring mechanisms with a view to fully reflecting the socio- economic reconstruction and development priorities of recipient countries, the comparative advantages and practical commitments of international donors and avoiding unnecessary burdens on national Governments. We recognize that the Commission may become involved with various activities under different post- conflict contexts, and that a comprehensive and country-specific approach to peacebuilding is therefore essential.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“The broad experience of the United Nations system in conflict prevention, mediation, peacekeeping, humanitarian and election assistance, reconstruction and sustainable development must be fully exploited in conjunction with diverse inputs from local Governments, the Bretton Woods institutions, regional organizations and non- governmental organizations so as to maximize impact on the ground and avert the possible overlapping and duplication of efforts.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“Besides identifying appropriate relationships with the organs and bodies of the United Nations system, the Commission should further strengthen its interaction with the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council in joint efforts towards better coordination, complementarity and division of labour. Enhanced interaction among various stakeholders is of vital importance.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“Looking forward to the planned 2010 review process of the overall work of the Peacebuilding Commission, we hope that valuable lessons, practices and synergies will be further developed, thus helping not only to prevent the concerned countries from relapsing into conflict, but also to reinforce the early-warning capacity to anticipate potential conflicts and to engage the international community in addressing them. As the Peacebuilding Commission enters its third year of operation, much remains to be done to help the Commission achieve more concrete results and truly become one of the key international instruments in the coordination of peacebuilding activities.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“The Peacebuilding Commission has the difficult task of improving its working methods and provisional rules of procedure, rationalizing its institutional relationship with other United Nations bodies and non-United Nations entities and with the Commission's configurations and formulating a clear consensus on the concepts and priorities of peacebuilding. On another note, the Peacebuilding Fund has not yet developed its full potential owing to lack of substantial progress in resolving such strategic and managerial issues as the criteria for selecting beneficiary countries, timeframes for drafting and approving projects, the financial and institutional absorptive capability of local Governments, the eligibility of countries for various emergency window funding and the Fund's mobilizing force.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“The recent establishment of country-specific configurations for Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic, as well as the consideration of Cote d'Ivoire's request for placement on the Commission's agenda, can be also highlighted. Despite those achievements, my Delegation shares the View that an evolving Peacebuilding Commission will continue to face a wide array of challenges. Protracted conflicts, the worsening global economic imbalances, the food and energy crisis, the shortage of natural resources, frequent disasters and widespread epidemics have exerted negative impacts on international collective efforts towards durable peace and sustainable development.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“As reported by the Secretary-General, the Peacebuilding Fund has made laudable headway in providing assistance to countries in the early stages of post-conflict stabilization and in mobilizing more sustainable aid resources, which is reflected by pledges of over $269 million from 44 donors, as well as the operation of 37 peacebuilding projects in ll countries. My delegation notes with satisfaction the tangible results achieved by Sierra Leone and Burundi, the first two countries supported by the Peacebuilding Commission, in the critical areas of preparing local elections, promoting economic growth, rehabilitating infrastructure, youth employment and empowerment, the rule of law and public administration reform.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“We welcome the efforts undertaken by the Peacebuilding Commission in implementing its mandates and core functions stipulated in General Assembly resolution 60/180 and Security Council resolution 1645 (2005), especially in such areas as enhancing interaction with United Nations agencies, regional organizations and international financial institutions; strengthening public awareness and outreach activities; providing strategy and policy guidance on peacebuilding; establishing monitoring and tracking mechanisms for the Integrated Peacebuilding Strategies; and organizing field missions to countries under review.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“The new United Nations peacebuilding architecture of the Peacebuilding Commission, the Peacebuilding Fund and the Peacebuilding Support Office has been operationalized as an institutional mechanism to help address the special needs of countries emerging from conflict towards sustained economic recovery and reconstruction.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“Mr. President, I thank you for convening this important debate. I congratulate and welcome new Assistant Secretary- General and head of the Peacebuilding Support Office, Ms. Jane Holl Lute, and assure her of my delegation's full cooperation. I thank the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Yukio Takasu of Japan, for his presence and his introduction of the annual report of the Commission. The 2005 World Summit emphasized the need for a coordinated, coherent and integrated approach to post-conflict peacebuilding and reconciliation with a View to achieving lasting peace in the world.”
2008-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5997 (2008) · source
“We would like to stress that, apart from the need for its effective management, it is essential to ensure that international assistance target the most vulnerable among the Afghan people, especially women and children, and aim to encourage the full, equal and effective participation of local people in the decision-making process. In conclusion, I wish to reaffirm Viet Nam's consistent support for the Government and people of Afghanistan in their post-conflict reconstruction process. Viet Nam will continue to work with the United Nations and the international community to contribute to the success of the process in the hope that Afghanistan will soon emerge from its current difficulties to embark on a new era of lasting peace, stability, prosperity and development.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“Afghan leadership and responsibility will be of key importance in the reconstruction process. However, given the formidable challenges they are facing, the Afghan Government and people deserve continued international assistance and support. The international community should speed up the implementation of the commitments made at the Paris Conference in June. As an important factor of its development and stability, Afghanistan's closer cooperation with neighbouring countries and regional partners should be further encouraged. The United Nations, through UNAMA, should continue to play a key role in coordinating and monitoring international assistance to the country.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“Measures should be taken to create more jobs, and thus more income, for rural inhabitants so that they will be less dependent on opium cultivation, and to improve health care, education and other social services so that Afghans on opposing sides will realize that they will be better off as beneficiaries of the peacebuilding and reconstruction process rather than of violence and hostilities. To that end, we welcome the enhanced efforts by the Afghan Government to implement the Afghanistan National Development Strategy and achieve the Millennium Development Goals, as well as to improve their institutional capabilities, including at the provincial level, to promote their ownership in all fields of governance and to use international aid more effectively.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“In that connection, we urge all parties concerned, in respect for international law, including international humanitarian law, to take all necessary measures to ensure safety for all those doing their noble humanitarian work in support of the people of Afghanistan and the innocent civilians of the country. The aforementioned situation in Afghanistan requires that further priority be given to strengthening security, which is needed to ensure the safety of the Afghan people, to carry out humanitarian activities and socio-economic development programmes, and to create an environment conducive to a lasting political settlement. At the same time, more efforts should be made to address the root causes of conflict.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“The extent and reach of violence is hampering reconstruction efforts and threatens to undermine initial achievements recorded by the Government and people of Afghanistan so far. We are concerned that, because of that situation, as reported by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), 190,000 children, most of them in the volatile southern districts of Helmand and Kandahar, had no access to a recent immunization programme and that food shortages due to drought and high prices are affecting one sixth of the country's population, making their lives - which were already very hard due to the severity of conflict and violence - even harder. The trend of increasing attacks against aid workers, convoys and facilities, as well as those launched for whatever reason against civilians, is a cause of special concern.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“First, I join others in thanking Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and for his introduction of the Secretary- General's report on the situation in Afghanistan since March 2008. I thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin of Afghanistan for his presence and for his statement before the Council. As noted in the Secretary-General's report (S/2008/617), despite many efforts of the Government and people of Afghanistan and the international community, the situation in Afghanistan has become more challenging over the past six months. We are deeply concerned over the spread of violent and insurgent activities throughout the country, especially in the provinces adjacent to Kabul, which have contributed to increased civilian casualties.”
2008-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5994 (2008) · source
“We call upon Israel and Palestine to work together and take reciprocal steps to resolve the issue of settlement in accordance with the road map, the Annapolis process and relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly. Viet Nam will continue to support the efforts of the international community, the regional stakeholders and the Quartet to facilitate the search for a satisfactory solution to the issue under discussion today.”
2008-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5983 (2008) · source
“We urge Israel to cease such illegal practices, including measures to change the status, character and demographic composition of East Jerusalem, and to fully respect and implement resolutions 446 (1979), 452 (1979) and 465 (1980), as well as other relevant resolutions adopted by the Security Council on the issue of Israeli settlements. Israel's settlement activities will only deepen the enmity and confrontation between Israel and the Palestinian people, thus failing to ensure Israel's long- term security interests. We join the Non-Aligned Movement, the Arab League and the Quartet in urging Israel to put an immediate end to such settlement activities. As noted by Mr. Robert Serry, the United Nations Special Coordinator, at the Council's last consultations, the Middle East peace process is now at the crossroads.”
2008-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5983 (2008) · source
“We also concur with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his remark that Israel's continued settlement activities run counter to the Fourth Geneva Convention and to the very commitment it has made in accordance with the road map and the Annapolis process. We hold that Israel's continuation and expansion of illegal settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories not only pose a serious obstacle to the effective conduct of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, resumed after a year-long delay, but also grossly violate the land-for-peace principle, one of the cornerstones of the Middle East peace process.”
2008-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5983 (2008) · source
“I thank you, Sir, and your delegation for convening this necessary and timely debate. My delegation shares the deep concerns voiced both by Council members and by the Arab League in its ministerial meeting in Cairo on 8 September regarding the illegal settlement activities undertaken by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. It is profoundly worrisome that Israel has nearly doubled its settlement construction in the occupied West Bank since 2007. We associate ourselves with the position of the Non-Aligned Movement in the declaration on Palestine issued at its fifteenth ministerial conference in July 2008, which points to the illegality of Israel's construction and expansion of settlements, particularly in and around occupied East Jerusalem.”
2008-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5983 (2008) · source
“My delegation believes that this debate provides a timely opportunity for the Council to take stock of the successful and failed experiences of mediation endeavours in various parts of the world, to assess the significance and conditions of United Nations activities and mechanisms related to mediation as well as the roles of existing subregional and regional mediation mechanisms, and to explore avenues for improving the effectiveness of mediation efforts and the role of the United Nations, in particular the Security Council, in mediation processes. We therefore support the agreed conclusions of the Security Council contained in the draft presidential statement on this topic.”
2008-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5979 (2008) · source
“As a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), whose success owes much to its adherence to the principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes, Viet Nam is doing and will continue to do its utmost to contribute to mediation efforts aimed at finding peaceful solutions to situations of dispute among ASEAN member States, in accordance with the Association's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.”
2008-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5979 (2008) · source
“We support every effort to settle disputes by peaceful means, including mediation, in accordance with national law and the United Nations Charter. We hold that, to produce lasting solutions, mediation must be conducted with full respect for national independence and sovereignty and the territorial integrity of States. It must be impartial and non-coercive and must have the consent and full participation of all parties concerned.”
2008-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5979 (2008) · source
“With the establishment in 2006 of the Mediation Support Unit within the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat, the United Nations has devoted further attention to mediation activities. We welcome the appointment by the Secretary-General of Mr. Djibril Bassole, former Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, as joint African Union-United Nations Chief Mediator for Darfur, and we hope that Mr. Bassole, with his rich knowledge and experience, will, by means of mediation, make a substantial contribution to bringing about a peaceful, comprehensive and lasting solution to the Darfur conflict. As a Member of the United Nations, Viet Nam is steadfastly committed to the principle of the peaceful settlement of international disputes.”
2008-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5979 (2008) · source
“Mediation, a customary mode of dispute settlement, has been codified in contemporary international law and has been developed through practice at all levels - bilateral, regional and multilateral - particularly under the sponsorship of the United Nations. Viet Nam notes with appreciation that mediation has been increasingly employed as an effective tool in resolving disputes and conflicts. Many successful mediation efforts have been made by the United Nations and by regional and subregional organizations. In recent decades, the search for solutions to the conflicts in the Middle East, Cambodia, Haiti, Angola, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, the Sudan and, most recently, South Ossetia and Zimbabwe, to mention a few, has vividly testified to the effectiveness of these good-offices and mediation activities.”
2008-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5979 (2008) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Burkina Faso for having taken the initiative to organize this high-level Security Council debate on the issue of mediation and settlement of disputes. States Members of the United Nations, an Organization which was established to save mankind from the scourge of war, commit themselves through the Charter to settling international disputes by peaceful means. Also through the Charter they define concrete means of pacific settlement of disputes, which include mediation, and they entrust the Council with the responsibility to promote the use of those means.”
2008-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5979 (2008) · source
“In carrying out our task as President of the Council last month, we were guided by the aforementioned concerns. We look forward to working with the other members of the Council and of the United Nations at large in that direction.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source
“Fourthly, resort to Chapter VII of the Charter in order to address issues that, by their nature, are not threats to international peace and security must be avoided so as not to create a confrontational atmosphere or situations in which the Council cannot act or speak with one voice, or even situations that could lead to the possibility of vetoes. My delegation and the majority of Member States believe that, pending their eventual elimination, vetoes should be confined to matters truly appropriate for consideration under that Chapter. As a responsible non-permanent member of the Security Council, Viet Nam has been trying its best to contribute to the improvement of the Council's working methods, in the interest of the entire United Nations membership and of international peace and security.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968 (2008) · source