Foreign media view 2020 as a truly special year for Vietnam as the country has not only performed the dual role of ASEAN Chair and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) but also done a good job of concurrently containing COVID-19 and sustaining economic growth.
The United Nations General Assembly approved Vietnam’s initiative with a resolution proclaiming December 27 as the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a message on the Day (December 27,2020).
The diplomatic sector has continued to affirm Vietnam’s position in the international arena amid the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has said.
Vietnam has been successfully doing its job in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2020, especially in enhancing the voice and image of ASEAN, Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the UN, has said.
2020 is really a special year for Vietnam as for the first time in its diplomacy history, the country assumed both rotating ASEAN Chair and non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC), according to the Sputnik news agency of Russia.
Vietnam successfully fulfilled its commitments and responsibilities in the UN Security Council (UNSC) during the first year of its two-year term as a non-permanent member, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, has said.
Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy on December 18 highlighted the country’s support for stronger cooperation between the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to promote the rule of law and help maintain global peace and security.
Vietnam, Russia, and South Africa, three members of the UN Security Council, jointly held an event on December 17 to mark the 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Declaration on Decolonialisation.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the United Nations (UN), has reaffirmed the country’s backing for Afghan-led peace process, including the engagement of women and youths.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN, has highlighted the importance of the international community’s assistance to Syria to speed up the political process and improve the humanitarian situation.
Vietnam will continue to actively contribute to the activities of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam at the UN, has said.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, has called on stakeholders to fully enforce provisions in the long-term ceasefire agreement in Libya signed on October 23, thus facilitating the transitional period towards elections in the country.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the United Nations has called on the international community to join hands in preventing famine and to continue helping Yemen in 2021.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the UN and chairman of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s Informal Working Group on International Tribunals, chaired a six-month periodical meeting of the group on December 11.
The UN Security Council (UNSC) convened a teleconference on December 9 to discuss the situation in Central Africa and the activities of the UN Regional Office for this region (UNOCA).
The plenary and closing session of the 30th meeting of state parties to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) took place at the UN headquarters in New York on December 9 with the participation of nearly 120 member states.
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on December 7 approved Resolution A/RES/75/27 proclaiming December 27 as the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness at its 75th session.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, on December 7 delivered a statement introducing the draft resolution on International Day of Epidemic Preparedness at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. Following is the full text of the statement.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN, has affirmed that Vietnam is willing to cooperate with and support African countries after conflicts to reform the security system through the UN’s appropriate mechanisms and peacekeeping missions in the region.
Vietnam supports the sides involved to continue negotiations for long-term solutions for Syria within the framework of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations, has said.