Deputy Prime Minister stresses importance of women in promoting sustainable peace

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

The online event was held within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings.

Minh reaffirmed support for the ASEAN Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, while recalling the UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security which has served as a foundation for the international community to boost women’s engagement in all aspects of peace, prevent conflicts and protect women’s rights.

He said that despite wide consciousness about the important role of women in the peace process, women have yet to be extensively present in preventing and mediating conflicts.

At the dialogue, participants discussed how to intensify the role and joint actions of ASEAN women so as to strengthen substantive and sustainable peace, security and prosperity in the region.

They affirmed the importance as well as the role of women in not only political-security but also socio-economic fields.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, suggested ASEAN exert more efforts to the mainstream gender issues in the ASEAN Community’s all three pillars, and prioritize gender equality and the implementation of the WPS agenda in the post-2025 ASEAN Community Vision.

It is also important to include peace-building strategies in ASEAN in plans to realize the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, she said, adding that Vietnam also sent female peacekeepers to Africa to help locals in agricultural techniques and sew face masks to prevent COVID-19.

Countries in the region affirmed to strengthen activities of the ASEAN Women for Peace Registry (AWPR) and boost the inclusion of the WPS agenda in programs and policies in all pillars of the ASEAN Community.

They also pledged to deepen cooperation between ASEAN and partners through frameworks and mechanisms such as ASEAN Plus One, ASEAN Plus Three, East Asia Summit, and ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus.

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