Foreign diplomats congratulate VN on fulfilling role of UNSC President
Foreign ambassadors lavished praise on Vietnam as the country has successfully fulfilled its role as the rotary president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the first month of 2020.
Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – Foreign ambassadors lavished praise on Vietnam asthe country has successfully fulfilled its role as the rotary president of theUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the first month of 2020.
Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium tothe UN, told Vietnam News Agency’s correspondents at the UN that Vietnam haddone a good job despite formidable challenges when it took up the presidency ofthe UNSC immediately at the beginning of its tenure as a non-permanent memberof the council.
Vietnam had really left its imprint with the open debateon the 75th anniversary of the UN Charter, particularly in the contextof mounting tensions in the UN as well as in the world.
He stressed that in its rotary presidency, Vietnam worked to ensure allsessions and events in January ran smoothly.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, Permanent Representative of Indonesiato the UN, said that Vietnam’s efforts during the presidency month has helpedincrease ASEAN’s position in the international arena.
He hailed Vietnam’s initiative to bring forward cooperation between the UN andthe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the UNSC, saying it is significantto help both sides exchange experience in assuring a peaceful environment inthe Southeast Asian region.
According to Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the UN Anne Gueguen,thanks to Vietnam’s effective coordination, the UNSC was able to adopt severalimportant resolutions that have influence on millions of people worldwide, forexample the resolution on extending theauthorisation for the mechanism that allows cross-border humanitarian aid toSyria.
Besides, all UNSC members made concerted efforts to discuss measures to reducetensions in the Middle East, especially in Libya, she added.
She said she was impressed with what the head of Vietnam’s mission to the UNAmbassador Dang Dinh Quy and his team did in the past month, and congratulatedVietnam on its successful presidency./.
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Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN (Photo: VNA) 
