UN General Assembly
2012

﻿On behalf of the delegation of Viet Nam, I extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I am confident that under your stewardship this session will be crowned with success. I appreciate the excellent work done by the Secretary-General and welcome the outcomes of the sixty-sixth session, presided over by Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser. To start with, we would like to welcome the theme proposed for this year’s general debate, “Bringing about adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful means”. This theme is of particular relevance in today’s world, when instability and conflicts continue in various regions, especially in North Africa and the Middle East. The decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict lingers on and requires a satisfactory solution, including the establishment of an independent sovereign Palestinian State coexisting peacefully with the State of Israel. Progress has yet to be made in disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, while the risk of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction continues to grow. New,