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UN facilitates women’s participation in peacekeeping operations: UN Under-Secretary-General

The United Nations will continue creating a favourable environment for women, including those from Vietnam, to effectively participate in peacekeeping operations, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix told a conference in Hanoi on November 26.
UN facilitates women’s participation in peacekeeping operations: UN Under-Secretary-General ảnh 1UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix (front, ninth from left), Deputy Defence Minister Hoang Xuan Chien (front, 10th from left), and other participants in the conference in Hanoi on November 26 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The United Nations will continue creating a favourableenvironment for women, including those from Vietnam, to effectively participatein peacekeeping operations, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-PierreLacroix told a conference in Hanoi on November 26.

Speaking at the International Conference on Women with theUN Peacekeeping Operations, the official recognised Vietnam's greatcontributions to the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda.

Given that the diversity of perspectives and skills whenhaving both women and men in activities will help improve the way tasks areperformed, he cited the important contributions by Vietnam at the UN peacekeepingmission in South Sudan as an example, affirmingthat the inclusion of both women and men on patrols has improved trust-buildingefforts among host communities.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. HoangXuan Chien, who is head of the ministry’s steering committee on Vietnam’sparticipation in UN peacekeeping missions, said that Vietnam has joined the UN’swork since 2014. Among 512 Vietnamese officers and soldiers sent to the UNpeacekeeping missions, over 70 are women.

Maj. Gen. Hoang Kim Phung, Director of the VietnamPeacekeeping Department, said that Vietnamese female soldiers hold manydifferent positions such as military observers, doctors and nurses, and have been all assessed by the UN as successfully andexcellently completing their tasks.

In addition, Vietnamese female soldiers are also bright spotsin many UN activities in field missions, especially in people-to-people diplomacy.

At the event, delegates shared lessons learned indeploying female peacekeepers, and gave recommendations, including the establishmentof a network of women peacekeepers in the region.

They also committed to supporting Vietnam in setting up a centreto promote the participation of women, including policewomen, in UNpeacekeeping operations./.
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