UN Under-Secretary-General lauds Vietnam’s performance in peacekeeping operations
UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix has lauded Vietnam’s active engagement and strong performance in UN peacekeeping activities as well as the country’s commitments to implementing UN targets, espcially the ratio of female Vietnamese peacekeepers.
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang (R), Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations UN meets with Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix in New York on January 16 (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – UN Under-Secretary-GeneralJean-Pierre Lacroix has lauded Vietnam’s active engagement and strongperformance in UN peacekeeping activities as well as the country’s commitmentsto implementing UN targets, espcially the ratio of female Vietnamese peacekeepers.
Lacroix, who visited Vietnam last month,made the praise while meeting Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, PermanentRepresentative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) on January 16 to seekmeasures to further promote cooperation between Vietnam and the UN.
The UN Deputy Secretary-General said thathe witnessed and was impressed by the Vietnamese Engineering Unit’s successfullycompletion of difficult tasks assigned at the United Nations Interim SecurityForce for Abyei (UNISFA).
He said that the UN is willing to support Vietnamduring the process of preparing forces, training and carrying outpre-feasibility assessment as well as building necessary capacity that Vietnamneeds.
He said that the two sides shouldcoordinate closely in defining areas for cooperation, which are of the UN’sdemands and Vietnam’s experience and capacity, thus further bolster theVietnam-UN partnership.
Ambassador Giang thanked the UN for assistingVietnam’s efforts in participating UN peacekeeping.
He underlined that promoting cooperation with the UN, including the increase of its involvement in peacekeeping activities, is one of the priorities in Vietnam’s external relations. Vietnam will continue to support targets andprogrammes of the UN within its capacity, including its commitments inincreasing the number of women peacekeepers joining peacekeeping operations.
On the occasion, Ambassador Giang proposedthat Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and UN agencies continue togive Vietnam support in building capacity, especially for military and police forcesjoining peacekeeping operations, as well as other practical assistance, thusenabling Vietnam to better meet requirements and demands of the UN in carryingout UN peacekeeping operations./.
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Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang (R), Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations UN meets with Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix in New York on January 16 (Photo: VNA) 
