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VN nominated Asia-Pacific’s only candidate for non-permanent UNSC seat

Vietnam nominated as Asia-Pacific’s only candidate for non-permanent UNSC seat

Vietnam was selected as the only candidate of the Asia-Pacific region for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021 tenure at a monthly meeting of the Asia-Pacific Group at the UN on May 25.
Vietnam nominated as Asia-Pacific’s only candidate for non-permanent UNSC seat ảnh 1A meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in New York, the US (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

New York (VNA) - Vietnam was selected as the only candidate of theAsia-Pacific region for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations SecurityCouncil (UNSC) for 2020-2021 tenure at a monthly meeting of the Asia-PacificGroup at the UN on May 25.

Underthe chair of head of the Samoa Mission to the United Nations AmbassadorAli’ioaiga Feturi Elsaia, who is the group’s chairman in May, the 54-membergroup agreed to nominate Vietnam as its only candidate for the position.

The voting will be held by the UN General Assembly in June, 2019.

At the meeting, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of Vietnam’s PermanentMission to the United Nations, thanked the Asian-Pacific countries for approvingVietnam’s nomination.

She affirmed that Vietnam will do its utmost to deserve the trust frominternational friends, expressing her hope that Vietnam will receive furthersupports from the countries.

The nomination is a vivid illustration of Vietnam’s prestige among regionalnations and it will create favourable conditions for Vietnam to mobilisesupport from countries in the other regions.

The Asia-Pacific Group is among five regional groups at the UN.-VNA
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