Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN speaks at the annual meeting of the UN Disarmament Commission (UNDC)  (Photo: baoquocte.vn)

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Tra told the annual meeting of the UN Disarmament Commission (UNDC) in New York on Tuesday that Vietnam had fulfilled its notification obligation under Article 2 of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) after the treaty officially became effective. She reiterated the right of the countries to research, develop and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

The Ambassador welcomed the adoption of a Resolution by the UN General Assembly to establish an Open Working Group to discuss the threats posed by activities conducted in outer space so as to make recommendations on the norms, rules and principles of responsible behavior of countries in the use of outer space.

The UNDC annual meeting scheduled to run until April 22 is focusing discussions on nuclear weapons and space issues in terms of disarmament.