Scene of the workshop (Source:http://nld.com.vn/) Vinh made the promised at aworkshop with the theme of strengthening the role of ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)member states in enhancing peacekeeping capacity and developing partnershipwith the UN, which is being jointly organised by theVietnam Peacekeeping Centre, and the Embassies of Canada and the Republic ofKorea in Hanoi on December 19-20.
The officer highlighted thesignificance of the event, affirming that Vietnamis working to improve its ability in participating peacekeeping operations withits internal force and support from other countries, especially ARF membernations.
Vietnam wants to propose anumber of initiatives on connecting regional peacekeeping centres, he said,adding that the sharing of experience, and training and equipment assistance hascontributed to improve Vietnam’s ability in the field.
Barbara Nadeau, Charged’affaires of the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam, affirmed ASEAN’s role andinfluence in making security policies in the region, describing the bloc as adynamic centre in the world.
She also underlined theneed to seek more effective measures to deal with existing conflicts in theworld.
Meanwhile, Lee Miyon, Envoy at the Republic of Korea Embassyin Vietnam, stressed the important role played by the UNin solving complicated security issues and extremism facing the world.
At the two-day workshop,participants, including those from 26 ARF member nations, the European Unionand international organizations, are sharing experiences, views and lessons relatedto UN peacekeeping operations as well as measures to promote cooperation andimprove ARF member nations’ capacity in the work.
Initiatives to developpartnership between ARF member states and the UN in peacekeeping operations arealso being tabled.-VNA
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