Attending the function were leaders and representatives of the Party Central Committee Office, National Assembly Office and Government Office, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Public Security, the Party Central Committee’s External Relations Commission.

Vietnam has fulfilled its mission as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and achieving the target of maintaining independence and self-reliance, said the participants. They said the country has been actively involved in seeking peaceful solutions to various international conflicts and disputes, thus contributing to raising Vietnam’s international position and prestige and promoting the relationship between Vietnam and other countries worldwide, the UN and other international organisations.

Additionally, the nation has also contributed to protecting a peaceful and stable environment, and facilitating national construction and defence.

Deputy PM and FM Pham Gia Khiem described the success of Vietnam’s participation in the UNSC as the country’s major foreign affairs event in 2009, which, he said, has contributed to the implementation of the 10th National Party Congress’s foreign affairs policy as well as to theory and practical experiences in the future foreign affairs work.

He took the occasion to thank and highlight the active involvement and close coordination among relevant ministries and sectors, mass media, domestic agencies and Vietnamese representative agencies abroad.