Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), at an open debate held by the UN Security Council (UNSC) on August 21 (Photo: VNA)

The debate on “A New Agenda for Peace – Addressing Global, Regional and National Aspects of Conflict Prevention” under the “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace” agenda item was chaired by Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Timothy Musa Kabba.

Giang said that in the context that the world is experiencing complicated developments, intertwined challenges and impacts of geopolitical, socio-economic and climate factors, the UN needs to have comprehensive and synchronous approaches to prevent conflicts, find the connections among the three pillars of peace, development, and humanity, and promote the role of relevant mechanisms, especially the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission.

The UNSC needs to effectively utilize available tools such as preventive diplomacy, trust building, and mediation on the basis of respecting international law and the UN Charter as well as the sovereignty and specific circumstances of each country involved, he suggested.

Giang stressed that peace building and maintenance efforts should put people at the center, priorities addressing the root causes of conflicts, invest more in education and job creation, and encourage the participation of women and youths to ensure inclusiveness, comprehensiveness and sustainability of solutions.