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On September 9, the United Nations Security Council convened an open debate on the “Future of United Nations Peacekeeping” at the initiative of the Republic of Korea, which holds the Council Presidency for September 2025, in coordination with Denmark and Pakistan.

Ambassador Do Hung Viet delivers remarks at the Security Council debate. (Photo: Thanh Tuan/VNA)

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in New York, UN Under-Secretaries-General for Peacekeeping and Political Affairs, together with representatives of more than 70 countries, addressed the debate. They underlined that UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding remain essential tools in conflict resolution, advancing political processes, and protecting civilians.

Most participants assessed that UN peacekeeping operations are facing numerous challenges, ranging from increasingly complex security and geopolitical environments and limited financial resources to mounting threats to the safety of peacekeeping personnel.

Addressing the meeting, Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, emphasized that peacekeeping is among the most concrete and visible manifestations of multilateralism. However, he stressed that it requires effective adjustment and adaptation to the evolving international context.

On this basis, the Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations proposed four priority areas for implementation in the coming period.

First, peacekeeping operations must place particular emphasis on the protection of civilians, especially women and children, identifying this as a central task so that missions can truly serve as a source of support for local communities.

Second, the United Nations and its missions should further strengthen reconciliation efforts, promote preventive diplomacy, and advance the initiatives of the Secretary-General in order to address conflicts at their root causes, rather than merely stopping at crisis management.

Third, Member States must fully and promptly fulfill their financial obligations, linking commitments with concrete action.

Fourth, the United Nations should enhance the review and lessons-learned process from its activities over the past decades, including both peacekeeping and post-conflict peacebuilding, to apply them flexibly in carrying out tasks under new circumstances.

Ambassador Do Hung Viet affirmed that, with more than a decade of direct participation in UN peacekeeping operations, Vietnam has always believed that multilateralism is the firm path toward achieving and sustaining lasting international peace. Vietnam will continue to stand side by side with its partners in pursuit of the goal of safeguarding global peace and security.

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