An inter-sectoral conference to reviewtwo-years of Vietnam’s assumption of United Nation Security Council(UNSC) non-permanent membership during the 2008-09 term was held inHanoi on Feb. 9 under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Pham Gia Khiem.

Attending thefunction were leaders and representatives of the Party CentralCommittee Office, National Assembly Office and Government Office, theMinistries of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Public Security, the PartyCentral Committee’s External Relations Commission.

Vietnam has fulfilled its mission as a non-permanent member of theUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC) and achieving the target ofmaintaining independence and self-reliance, said the participants.

The country has actively contributed and showed its responsibility inseeking peaceful solutions to various international conflicts anddisputes, thus contributing to raising Vietnam’s internationalposition and prestige and promoting the relationship between Vietnamand other countries worldwide, the UN and other internationalorganisations, said attendees.

Additionally, the nation has also contributed to protecting a peacefuland stable environment, facilitating national construction and defence.

Deputy PM and FM Pham Gia Khiem described the success of Vietnam’sparticipation in the UNSC as the country’s major foreign affairs eventin 2009, which, he said, has contributed to the implementation of theXth National Party Congress’s foreign affairs policy as well as totheory and practical experiences in the future foreign affairs work.

This is the success of the entire Party and people under the leadershipof the Party and State, said Khiem, saying that it reflects thecountry’s big achievements in internal and external relations in therenewal process.

He took the occasion to thank and highlight the active involvement andclose coordination among relevant ministries and sectors, mass media,domestic agencies and Vietnamese representative agencies abroad./.