Ministry reviews officers' performance at UN peacekeeping missions
The Ministry of National Defence held an event in Hanoi on March 22 to hand over the State President’s decision on peacekeeper deployment and review some Vietnamese officers’ performance at the UN peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and the Abyei Area.
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hands over the President's Decision to Maj. Nguyen Van Phong, former assistant at the political affairs division of Engineer Brigade 229 at the event. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministryof National Defence held an event in Hanoi on March 22 to hand over the StatePresident’s decision on peacekeeper deployment and review some Vietnamese officers’ performanceat the UN peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, andthe Abyei Area.
Maj. Nguyen Van Phong, former assistant at the political affairs division of EngineerBrigade 229, received the State President’s decision to work as a militaryobserver to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the CentralAfrican Republic (MINUSCA).
Leadersof the Ministry of National Defence also presented decisions to six other officers whorecently concluded their services at other missions. They comprise fourreturning from the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), one from theUN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), and another from MINUSCA.
All the six officers served at themissions from February 2022 to February 2023.
Congratulating the officers on their fulfilment of duties, Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, who is also head of the ministry’ssteering committee for the participation in UN peacekeeping operations, said contributionsby Vietnamese peacekeepers have left an imprint of the nation and theVietnam People’s Army on the international arena.
Healso recalled the opinions and acknowledgement by UN Secretary-General AntónioGuterres in October 2022 and UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace OperationsJean-Pierre Lacroix in November of the same year during their visits to Vietnamabout the country’s contributions to UN peacekeeping operations.
Vietnamis proud to have female officers in UN peacekeeping operations making up over 13%of its force, higher than the average of about 9%, he said, noting that it isworking to raise this rate and increase the scale and forms of its engagementin those operations./.
Vietnamese peacekeeping force has made effective and important contributions to the country's people-to-people exchanges, one of the three pillars of the country's comprehensive and modern diplomacy.
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.
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Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hands over the President's Decision to Maj. Nguyen Van Phong, former assistant at the political affairs division of Engineer Brigade 229 at the event. (Photo: VNA)
