Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao elected as ILC Vice Chairman
Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao has been elected as the Second Vice Chairman of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) during the commission’s 70th session in New York, the US.
New York (VNA)– Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao has been elected as the Second Vice Chairmanof the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) during the commission’s70th session in New York, the US.
The ICL’s 70th session is taking place in the UN headquarters from April 30 to June 1, andwill continue from July 3 to August 10 in Geneva, Switzerland.
During the session,the commission will discuss a number of current issues of international law,including the application of treaties and the practice of interpretation ofinternational treaties, the identification of customary international law, theprotection of the atmosphere, the protection of the environment in armedconflicts, and the succession of States in respect of State responsibility,among others.
During discussions, theVietnamese delegation has proposed the building of international regulations onthe basis of respecting independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity ofStates as well as human rights and sustainable development.
Ambassador Thao, aninternational law expert with consistent academic background as a Doctor withprofound experience, became a member of the ILC in November 2016.
He was deputy headof the National Border Committee, head of the negotiation teams on borderagreements with neighbouring countries and a legal advisor to the draftingprocess of Vietnam’s 2012 Law of the Sea.
From 2011 to 2014, hewas the Vietnamese ambassador to Malaysia. He has been Vietnam’s ambassador toKuwait since 2014.
ILC, UN’s subsidiaryorgan established in 1947, is in charge of compiling international treaties,drafting international conventions and studying major issues related tointernational law. It has 34 members, elected once every five years.-VNA
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The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
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The Party chief underscored the need for the press to innovate relentlessly, evolve to keep pace with the country's development, transform into a truly professional, humanistic, and modern sector that serves the cause of the Party, the State, and the people on the path to national construction and development.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
The Party and State of Vietnam always attach great importance to and give top priority to the development of Vietnam–China relations. Vietnam is ready to work with the Chinese Party and State to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and promote the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
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He also pledged that the NA will promote its ongoing supervision, making sure that every promise must lead to results, and every commitment must bring about real changes.
Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao (Source: VNA) 
