Vietnam calls for vigorousinternational support for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) inSomalia in its endeavours to repel attempts to destroy the Djiboutipeace process and spoil the efforts to bring peace and stability to thecountry.
The Vietnamese representative to the UnitedNations Security Council, Ambassador Le Luong Minh made the statementat the council’s briefing on Somalia in New York on July 29.
Ambassador Minh strongly condemned attacks against the TFG, the AfricanUnion Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), UN staff and innocent civilians. “Weare particularly concerned about the extremely alarming humanitariansituation in Somalia with over one million people internallydisplaced,” he said.
However, the diplomat commended the political progress achieved underthe Djibouti Agreement and support the continued efforts undertaken byPresident Sheikh Sharif Ahmed to encourage parties that are stilloutside the agreement to join the national reconciliation process.
He took the occasion to call for UN member states and regionalorganisations to expedite the provision of contributions to the UNTrust Funds to provide the TFG with adequate assistance to rebuildSomalia ’s security institutions and train its security forces.
On the problem of piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia ,Ambassador Minh highlighted the effectiveness of the cooperation andcoordination exhibited by UN Member States in the fight against piracy.
“We still believe that, in the long run, the scourge of piracy andarmed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia will only be resolvedthoroughly through an integrated approach that addresses the conflict,the lack of governance and the absence of sustainable livelihoods onland in Somalia ,” he noted.
He emphasised that solutions to peace and stability in Somalia requirescloser cooperation and a more effective partnership between the UNPolitical Office for Somalia (UNPOS), the Inter-Governmental Authorityon Development (IGAD), the African Union (AU) and the League of ArabStates (LAS).
“We continue to support a strong role of the UN in strengthening thiscooperation and partnership with a view to assisting the Government andpeople of Somalia to bring about peace and stability for this country,”the Vietnamese diplomat stressed./.
The Vietnamese representative to the UnitedNations Security Council, Ambassador Le Luong Minh made the statementat the council’s briefing on Somalia in New York on July 29.
Ambassador Minh strongly condemned attacks against the TFG, the AfricanUnion Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), UN staff and innocent civilians. “Weare particularly concerned about the extremely alarming humanitariansituation in Somalia with over one million people internallydisplaced,” he said.
However, the diplomat commended the political progress achieved underthe Djibouti Agreement and support the continued efforts undertaken byPresident Sheikh Sharif Ahmed to encourage parties that are stilloutside the agreement to join the national reconciliation process.
He took the occasion to call for UN member states and regionalorganisations to expedite the provision of contributions to the UNTrust Funds to provide the TFG with adequate assistance to rebuildSomalia ’s security institutions and train its security forces.
On the problem of piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia ,Ambassador Minh highlighted the effectiveness of the cooperation andcoordination exhibited by UN Member States in the fight against piracy.
“We still believe that, in the long run, the scourge of piracy andarmed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia will only be resolvedthoroughly through an integrated approach that addresses the conflict,the lack of governance and the absence of sustainable livelihoods onland in Somalia ,” he noted.
He emphasised that solutions to peace and stability in Somalia requirescloser cooperation and a more effective partnership between the UNPolitical Office for Somalia (UNPOS), the Inter-Governmental Authorityon Development (IGAD), the African Union (AU) and the League of ArabStates (LAS).
“We continue to support a strong role of the UN in strengthening thiscooperation and partnership with a view to assisting the Government andpeople of Somalia to bring about peace and stability for this country,”the Vietnamese diplomat stressed./.
