NEW YORK: Việt Nam emphasized the need for ensuring security and safety for the forces and bases of peacekeeping missions and enhancing women’s role in peacekeeping operations, at a recent plenum of the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C34).
Minister Counsellor Nguyễn Hoàng Nguyên, Deputy Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN, stressed the requirement, especially amid risks of increased hostilities and intentional attacks on UN personnel.
He called on the missions to enhance their health capacity to protect the physical and mental health of peacekeeping forces.
As Việt Nam’s experience shows, increasing interactions and trust building with local administrations and communities is important to helping reduce risks and create a safer and more favourable environment for peacekeeping forces in the field, Nguyên continued.
The diplomat also recommended the UN continue enhancing peacekeeping partnerships with regional organisations, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
As one of the four Southeast Asian countries housing UN-designated international training centres for the Triangular Partnership Programme, Việt Nam is ready to cooperate with international partners to improve the quality of peacekeepers, especially in the stage of pre-deployment, he stated.
