(VOV) - ASEAN nations will back Vietnam's
candidacy for a position on the UN Human Rights Council for the 2014-2016
tenure.
Member nation Foreign Ministers
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) voiced their support on
September 27-28, during an Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (IAMM), on the
sidelines of the 66th UN General Assembly in New York City.
In his speech at the meeting,
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh urged ASEAN members to
uphold the association’s centrality by respecting the basic principles detailed
in the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation and the Declaration of the East Asia
Summit.
He called on parties to honour
international law by exercising restraint, foregoing the use of force and the
threat of force, peacefully settling disputes, and advancing mutually
beneficial relationships for the sake of peace, stability, security, and
cooperation in the region.
Regarding the East Sea issues,
Deputy FM Vinh stressed the need for complying with the basic principles of
international law, He highlighted the relevance of the 2012 UN Convention on
the Law of the Sea, the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea
(DOC), and the progress made towards the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
Vinh also met with heads of
delegations and the representatives of several nations to discuss bilateral
relationships and issues of mutual concern.
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