Vietnam highlights responsibility of states in preventing crime
Vietnam highlighted the leading responsibility of nations in ensuring compliance with international humanitarian law, preventing and punishing serious criminals such as war crime, crime against humanity and crime of aggression, a Vietnamese diplomat has said.
UN peacekeeping officers in Sudan (Photo: Reuters)
New York (VNA) - Vietnam highlighted theleading responsibility of nations in ensuring compliance with internationalhumanitarian law, preventing and punishing serious criminals such as war crime,crime against humanity and crime of aggression, a Vietnamesediplomat has said.
Addressing a virtual meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Sudansituation on December 10, Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, deputy head of the Vietnamese permanent mission tothe UN, welcomed recent positive developments in Sudan, including thesigning of the Juba Peace Agreement on October 3, 2020.
Vietnam hoped that the UN IntegratedTransition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) will support thetransition and development process in Sudan, and acknowledged the difficultsituation in Sudan, including economic and humanitarian challenges, he said.
The diplomat expressed his concern about increasingviolence among communities in Sudan that killed numerous civilians, includingwomen and children, emphasizing that the prosecution of violations ofinternational humanitarian law, and serious criminal crimes should be conductedin accordance with basic principles of international law, including respect fornational independence and sovereignty.
Representatives from UNSC member nations also applauded the signing of the Juba Peace Agreement between the Sudan governmentand two major armed groups in Darfur -the Sudan Revolutionary Front and the Sudan Liberation Front - Minni Minawi, whileurging the signatories to fully implement the agreement.
They expressed their hope that UNITAMS will be deployed soon to support thetransition process in the country.
According to the Juba Peace Agreement, the transition process in the African country willtake place within 39 months from October. UNITAMS, which was established underResolution 2524 of the UN Security Council, will support Sudan in this process,as well as help the country improve its State governance capacity, mobilizeresources for the economy and development as well as implement humanitarianassistance activities./.
Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, voiced his hope that the UN, regional organisations and international partners continue support for South Sudan during the country’s transitional process.
The United Nations Security Council on October 22 held a meeting on the situation in Abyei, disputed between Sudan and South Sudan, as well as the operation of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), during which Vietnam and Indonesia expressed their hope that the parties involved solve the Abyei issue by peaceful means.
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UN peacekeeping officers in Sudan (Photo: Reuters) 
