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Nguyen Xuan Phuc

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2021-02-23

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2021-10-28

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1. “At the moment, Vietnamese officers and military doctors are working hard for the United Nations peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Central African Republic, and they will continue to participate in many other missions in this continent. Viet Nam wishes to soon become an observer country at the African Union and unite with African countries in upholding the voice and role of developing countries at multilateral forums, particularly the United Nations.”

   2021-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/941 (2021) · source

2. “In his visit to African countries right after Viet Nam’s national reunification, General Vo Nguyen Giap once said: “I came here to you as brothers to brothers, as comrades in arms on the same battle line, from heart to heart.” Nowadays, in the spirit of partnership for sustainable peace, Viet Nam remains committed to standing shoulder to shoulder with African countries in overcoming challenges, effectively strengthening cooperation and aiming towards peace and sustainable development. We stand ready to share our experience in pursuing reconstruction, reform and development cooperation and to donate medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention and control.”

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3. “Viet Nam supports the promotion of comprehensive exchange and cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the African Union. Fifthly, ensuring food security is an important pillar in fostering socioeconomic stability and enduring peace. In the framework of South-South cooperation, Viet Nam is a leading partner of many African countries in food production and trading of agricultural goods. We will continue to uphold this strategic cooperation orientation. African countries and Viet Nam are proud of the traditional friendship and glorious history of struggles for national liberation and decolonization. Despite our geographical distance, both sides always extend to each other mutual support and the most sincere and beautiful sentiments.”

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4. “Thirdly, the United Nations and the African Union need to be the vanguards in jointly implementing the Silencing the Guns in Africa initiative, the Africa Union Agenda 2063 and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The strategic partnership between the United Nations Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council needs to be promoted in a comprehensive and effective manner, particularly in enhancing the early-warning capacity of traditional and non- traditional security risks for peacekeeping missions in Africa. Fourthly, expanding cooperation among regional organizations will help elevate their overarching capacity in preventing and resolving conflicts and responding to regional and global challenges.”

   2021-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/941 (2021) · source

5. “First, with the philosophy of “African solutions for African problems”, all countries in the region need to fully harness their capacity for self-reliance and promote trust-building, dialogue and national reconciliation to eliminate the root causes of conflict, such as poverty, inequality and social friction. The participation and empowerment of women and youth should be encouraged. Secondly, all African countries need to further cultivate friendship, step up cooperation and integration, strengthen multilateralism and uphold respect for international law and the Charter of the United Nations. This is the vital foundation of enduring peace, security and sustainable development in the region and the world at large.”

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6. “The fact that 90 per cent of the African population has yet to receive the first vaccine injection is a sad reality. In a globalized world, and given the wide spread of COVID-19, if Africa is unable to enjoy peace, security and stability or to get the pandemic under control, the world will be unsafe and unable to keep the peace or uphold sustainable development. Conscience and responsibility demand that the international community join hands in assisting African countries in gaining access to vaccines, containing the pandemic and fostering sustainable recovery and development. To accompany African countries in these endeavours, I wish to share the following recommendations.”

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7. “And the continent has attained numerous encouraging achievements in development and integration. With the central and leading role of the African Union (AU) and subregional organizations, the seeds of peace have grown robustly on the land once ravaged by war. Nonetheless, over the past decades, many African countries have suffered from the enduring consequences of colonialism and slavery. Unrest, conflicts, terrorism and extreme violence, transnational crime, climate change and food and water insecurity continue to undergo complicated developments, hindering the continent’s momentum for growth. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is an additional burden, further exposing the shortcomings of the global governance system.”

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8. “It is such a great pleasure for me to virtually meet again with The Honourable Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya. I appreciate the highly relevant theme of our debate today. Allow me to thank the Secretary-General and other speakers for sharing with us important information and recommendations. A majestic Africa full of vitality has long been an integral part of the origin of human history, a cradle of numerous civilizations of humankind and a gateway for the world’s robust trade. With rich and diverse natural resources, that continent is endowed with enormous potential for well-being and to contribute to the world’s prosperity. In fact, Africa has become increasingly connected to other regions across all dimensions of political, economic and trade links and of cultural and people-to-people exchange.”

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9. “Faithful to our motto — “Partnership for sustainable peace”, Viet Nam will spare no effort to strengthen the cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, including ASEAN, and elevate such ties for peace, security and development around the world.”

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10. “In response, regional organizations should further strengthen their proactive and leading role in preventing and resolving conflicts in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations. This can be achieved only when each and every Member State has strategic trust in one another and shares a common political resolve. Viet Nam is honoured to assume the presidency of the Security Council for the second time. With the aspiration of becoming a peaceful and prosperous nation, a reliable partner and a responsible member of the international community, Viet Nam remains steadfast in its foreign policy of independence, sovereignty, diversification and multilateral relations, promoting international integration and actively contributing to the efforts of the United Nations and the Security Council.”

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11. “As an active ASEAN member, Viet Nam has effectively brought COVID-19 under control, enjoyed a high economic growth rate and actively engaged in international integration. Thirdly, we need to continue enhancing cooperation between the Security Council and regional organizations through dialogue and cooperation frameworks and early-warning mechanisms for volatilities. The Security Council needs to continue acknowledging and respecting the perspectives, roles and contributions of regional organizations. We also need to mainstream conflict prevention and resolution strategies via dialogue and confidence-building in United Nations missions and create favourable conditions for regional organizations to uphold their central role.”

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12. “The international community should strive to fulfil the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other global security and development strategies and initiatives led by the United Nations, while paying greater attention and giving adequate assistance to developing countries that face serious resource constraints. For their part, regional organizations need to have comprehensive agendas and integrate the United Nations development frameworks and initiatives into their national and regional development plans. They should also strive to narrow political, economic and cultural gaps among themselves. In South-East Asia, ASEAN is making every effort to fulfil the goal of building an ASEAN Community united in politics, diverse in culture, connected in economy and with increased cooperation with external partners.”

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13. “On the other hand, regional organizations, with their unique strengths in practical experience, resources and diverse demands, should bolster cooperation with the United Nations, engage in dialogues and share experience at various forums to enhance capacity in preventing and resolving conflicts. Secondly, we should further promote the role of multilateralism and uphold the Charter of the United Nations and international law, for this is the most concrete and solid foundation on which to build trust and promote dialogues. Moreover, early conflict prevention requires inclusive and comprehensive solutions to address the root causes of conflicts, such as poverty, hunger, inequality and violence.”

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14. “The strengthening of unity is of great necessity, starting with the cooperation of the United Nations and the Security Council with regional organizations in our joint efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts through dialogue and confidence-building. In this important debate, I would like to underscore three proposals. First, the interactions and complementarities between the United Nations and regional organizations are inherent. They offer a two-way linkage to share S/2021/394 knowledge and coordinate joint endeavours. The United Nations should take the lead in increasing cooperation activities and exchanges of experience and best practices in confidence-building and dialogue to prevent conflicts.”

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15. “In 2020 alone, the world recorded 20 million refugees, over 50 million people displaced due to conflicts and around 170 million in need of humanitarian assistance. These are the people who are left behind and call upon our Council to take action. Against the backdrop of major challenges, such as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), natural disasters, severe climate change, border and territorial disputes and conflicts, frictions and geostrategic competition, increased international unity is more crucial than ever. Yet the paradox at present lies in our waning trust in one another and in multilateral institutions.”

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16. “Setting confidence-building and dialogue as priorities, ASEAN has been working with China to negotiate the establishment of the code of conduct in the South China Sea, with a view to maintaining peace, stability, maritime security and safety in the South China Sea. ASEAN is also playing a central role in seeking an adequate solution to help stabilize the situation in Myanmar through dialogue and reconciliation. While peace, cooperation and development continue as the prevailing trend and fervent aspirations of all countries and peoples, the world that we live in today is riddled with challenges. In the past five years, conflicts have taken away half a million lives across the globe.”

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17. “As an active member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), having just fulfilled its role as the 2020 ASEAN Chair, Viet Nam takes great pride in ASEAN’s success in building a region of peace, cooperation, trust and dialogue, and a cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community, striving towards an open, transparent, inclusive and rules-based regional architecture. ASEAN has established a partnership with the United Nations and created several mechanisms and forums for political and security dialogues with other countries, including the five permanent members of the Security Council. In January 2020, Viet Nam presided over the Council’s open debate (see S/PV.8711) on cooperation between the United Nations and ASEAN in maintaining international peace and security.”

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18. “I thank the Secretary-General and the other briefers for your insightful and comprehensive remarks. Trust, confidence and dialogue lay the solid foundation for international relations. Rising from the ashes and sorrows of the Second World War, the United Nations has become the very symbol of our deep conviction and mutual trust in multilateralism and multitiered international cooperation. Guided by such faith, many regional organizations were established and have since thrived. Our briefers today, representing organizations from various regions, will give us an overall picture of their active contributions to conflict prevention and resolution and the facilitation of dialogue, peace and reconciliation processes.”

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19. “I am confident that the challenges stemming from climate change can be transformed into drivers for change, contributing to fostering a future of peace and more sustainable development for the next generations.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

20. “In this regard, we support all endeavours to address climate-related challenges in the Security Council and other multilateral forums. I hope that the international community will provide Viet Nam with further assistance and resources, so that we can better live up to our commitments. Viet Nam will work closely with other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and support cooperation between ASEAN and the United Nations. The world is burdened by the fight against COVID-19. Responding to the appeal of the Secretary-General to make peace with nature as the defining task of the twenty-first century, we should take bold actions and enhance international unity.”

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21. “Fourthly, in order to harmoniously manage the link between climate change and security, it is necessary to continue upholding the principles of respect for the sovereignty, national ownership and principal responsibilities of States. The shared interests of communities and peoples, particularly vulnerable groups, must be placed at the heart of all national and global climate action strategies and plans. According to the World Bank, Viet Nam is among the six countries most severely affected by climate change. Accordingly, the Vietnamese Government has undertaken an active and effective response to climate change, demonstrating strong political resolve and establishing major guidelines. Viet Nam has made great efforts to fulfil its international commitments on climate change through the 2030 Agenda S/2021/198 and the Paris Agreement.”

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22. “Secondly, for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change to be effectively implemented, the Security Council and the international community should allocate greater resources to supporting developing countries, least developed countries, small island developing States, and land-locked countries, which are most detrimentally affected by climate change and are also lacking expertise and resources. Thirdly, I hope that the Security Council will continue to enhance its early- warning capacity and bolster its role in mediating, preventing and resolving conflicts in all regions, including through enhancing cooperation with regional organizations.”

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23. “First, a comprehensive and balanced approach is necessary in handling the links between traditional and non-traditional security challenges, particularly in addressing the root causes of conflicts, such as poverty, inequality, power politics, unilateral interference and coercion. Strict adherence to the Charter of the United Nations and international law must truly become a standard of behaviour for countries in international relations.”

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24. “Such calamities have placed great burdens on the political and socioeconomic life of many countries. They have triggered unemployment and poverty, affected the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, and risked creating instabilities or exacerbating current conflicts in many countries and regions, thereby threatening international peace and security. In addition, conflicts and instabilities could further erode countries’ resilience and rob them of valuable resources that that might be utilized to overcome the challenges of climate change. I therefore propose that the Security Council, with its paramount mission of maintaining international peace and security, needs to galvanize collective and persistent efforts of the international community through the following measures.”

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25. “I applaud the initiative of the Government of the United Kingdom and of the President of the Security Council to host today’s important Council open debate on addressing climate-related risks to international peace and security. I would like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chair of the United Nations Youth Advisory Group, Ms. Nisreen Elsaim, for their insightful and substantive briefings and recommendations. Earth — our blue planet, and our shared home — is suffering from the grievous impacts of climate change. The year 2020 was one of the three hottest years in modern history, which resulted in constant severe consequences, including floods, droughts, bushfires, rising sea levels, and the unprecedented outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source