nuclear weapons

Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Trà, Deputy Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the United Nations (UN), re-affirmed Vietnam's consistent stancenbsp;onnbsp;supporting all effortsnbsp;towardsnbsp;nuclear disarmamentnbsp;andnbsp;non-proliferation at the annual meeting of the UN Disarmamentnbsp;Commission (UNDC) opened in New York on April 5.

Nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament is essential to the world’s peace and security, and the total elimination of nuclear weapons is the only guarantee for countries not to be threatened with or attacked by nuclear weapons.

The adoption of the first-ever global treaty to ban nuclear weapons at the recent United Nations conference has great historical, ethical and legal meaning, sending out an important political message reiterating the determination and aspiration of people