Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN. (Photo: VNA) In her remarks, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Tra, DeputyPermanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, held that it is necessary to boostconstructive political dialogue and seek durable peace on the basis ofrespecting fundamental principles of international law, the UN Charter, andrelevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly, including Resolution 1514 onthe Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries andPeoples.
The UN also needs to ensure that activities of administering statesdo not negatively affect interests of the peoples in non-self-governingterritories while assisting them to resolve emerging challenges and promotedevelopment in these territories, she added.
At the session, manycountries also shared the view on the need to promote the current decolonisationprocess.
The SpecialPolitical and Decolonisation Committee, one of the six maincommittees of the UN General Assembly, is tasked with considering some specialpolitical and peacekeeping issues, including decolonisation.
There are 17 non-self-governingterritories under the administration of administering states and the scope of theFourth Committee, namely Western Sahara, Anguilla, Bermuda,British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas),Montserrat, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States VirginIslands, Gibraltar, American Samoa, French Polynesia, Guam, New Caledonia,Pitcairn, Tokelau./.
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