Vietnam wins election to United Nations Security Council
Vietnam officially won the election to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021 after getting 192 votes out of the 193 member countries and territories of the UN General Assembly on June 7 evening (Vietnam time).
Members of the Vietnamese delegation rejoice over the country's election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2020-2021 on June 7 (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – Vietna🍎m officially won the election to become a non-permanentmember of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021 after getting192 votes out of the 193 member countries and territories of the UN GeneralAssembly on June 7 evening (Vietnam time).
That Vietnam received such dominant support hasmet the expectations of all Vietnamese people. It also shows that the country’sactive, substantive and responsible contributions to the UN, including theUNSC, for the past many years have been recognised by the internationalcommunity.
Talking to the media right after the election,Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung appreciated the international community’ssupport and pledged that Vietnam will play a constructive and responsible rolein this position at the UNSC.
This is the second time the country has beenelected a non-permanent member of the UNSC, after the first in 2008-2009.
As one of the six major UN organs, the UNSC has15 members, including five permanent and the remaining 10 ones with two-yeartenures. It is the only UN organ to have the right to assess threats to peaceand propose or decide on measures to maintain or restore global peace andsecurity.-VNA
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The country is willing to participate in collective efforts to promote cooperation and mobilise resources to advance the current priority issues of developing countries, such as trade, investment, infrastructure connectivity, making the most of scientific and technological advances for development, and people-to-people exchanges, Hang said.
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Members of the Vietnamese delegation rejoice over the country's election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2020-2021 on June 7 (Photo: VNA)
