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Hanoi workshop seeks to integrate women, peace, security agenda into ASEAN Community pillars

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a workshop on mainstreaming women, peace and security agenda in ASEAN Community pillars in Hanoi on February 11.
Hanoi workshop seeks to integrate women, peace, security agenda into ASEAN Community pillars ảnh 1Participants discuss on the sidelines of the workshop (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairsheld a workshop on mainstreaming women, peace and security agenda in ASEANCommunity pillars in Hanoi on February 11.

Addressing the event, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vuhighlighted the importance of United Nations (UN)’s Resolution 1325 on women,peace and security (WPS) in 2000, which has yet to receive adequate attentionin all pillars of the ASEAN Community.

He said he hopes through the workshop, the ASEAN will seeknext steps to strengthen discussions about the WPS among the relevant agencies ofthe ASEAN and all the three pillars, thus forming WPS norms and integrating the agendainto the ASEAN Community Post-2025 Vision, heading to the building of a Regional ActionPlan (RAP) on the WPS with specific targets and activities.

Hanoi workshop seeks to integrate women, peace, security agenda into ASEAN Community pillars ảnh 2An overview of the workshop (Photo: VNA)
Vu held that the ASEAN can integrate gender agenda andrelevant matters into ASEAN Community pillars as well as analysis on peace,traditional and non-traditional security policies in the region through genderresponsive frameworks such as the “One ASEAN, Once Response” framework.

Vicky Ford, Minister for Africa, Latin America andthe Caribbean at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the UK, said that gender equality is theonly way to the building of an equal and prosperous society. The UK commits tosupporting Vietnam in building its national action plan on the WPS, whilecooperating with the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) toorganise training programmes on the WPS, she said, lauding ASEAN’s commitments andachievements in building RAP on the WPS.

Hanoi workshop seeks to integrate women, peace, security agenda into ASEAN Community pillars ảnh 3Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu  addresses the event (Photo: VNA)
At the event, leading experts from the UN, the ASEAN Secretariat, the AIPR and countriesthat are strong in the WPS gave their ideas on various issues, including efforts bythe ASEAN and international community in promoting the WPS agenda.

Major Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, the first Vietnamese Military Officer sent to UNpeacekeeping mission in South Sudan, shared the experience and recommendationsof Vietnam in promoting the role of women in peacekeeping operations.

The workshop was the continuance of Vietnam’s efforts toform and realise measures to ensure women’s rights, creating favourableconditions for women to engage in the process of decision-making and promotingthe role of women in dealing with risks and challenges threatening sustainablepeace in the region./.
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