Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Head of the Inter-sectoral Working Group, Head of the Ministry of National Defense's Steering Committee on participation in UN peacekeeping activities, chaired the conference. Attending were Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations; Representatives of ministries, departments and branches.
The conference aimed to comprehensively evaluate the implementation and results of Decree 162; assess the difficulties and obstacles in the implementation; inadequacies in regimes and policies for individuals and assurance work for Vietnamese organizations participating in UN peacekeeping operations.
The conference also identified specific recommendations and proposals as a basis for the Ministry of Defense to propose to the Prime Minister to amend, supplement or replace Decree 162, in order to ensure regimes and policies for individuals and the public. work to ensure units participating in UN peacekeeping operations, in accordance with the current system of legal documents.
Addressing the conference, Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet said that the implementation of Decree 162 basically covers all contents and subjects, meets material living conditions, and provides support to individuals and businesses. Participants in the United Nations peacekeeping mission successfully completed their tasks. However, in the new situation, the process of performing the task has complicated problems, the task requirements are also higher, the conditions in the difficult areas, the environment has many potential risks due to insecurity. , politics, epidemics, armed conflicts, threats to life and mission results. The participating forces are therefore well-selected, have the bravery, skills and qualifications to meet the requirements of independent operation in the international environment. Working conditions require high requirements, the conditions to ensure the force performing the task must also be higher.
Meanwhile, the regimes and policies under Decree 162 still have inadequacies, are not suitable for much higher task requirements, not yet unified among forces, not even with other countries, United Nations peacekeeping forces.
Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet requested that, in Decree 162, what is good and still appropriate should continue to be inherited to perform well, what is not suitable needs to be corrected and supplemented to be more appropriate; it is important to agree on regimes and policies among forces throughout the country; find out the problems that are bottlenecks, causing difficulties and obstacles when implementing tasks.
Concluding speech, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien highly appreciated the enthusiastic contributions and responsibilities of agencies and units in order to supplement and amend Decree 162. The conference analyzed and clarified priorities. points, frankly pointing out some inadequacies and obstacles in the implementation of the decree. Decree 162 is the first important legal basis to ensure the basic regimes and policies for forces participating in UN peacekeeping operations; promptly encourage and encourage the forces to participate and contribute to the successful implementation of the task.
Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien affirmed that the Conference reached a high consensus, agreeing to supplement and amend a number of articles of Decree 162 to be consistent with a number of current legal documents and task requirements in the current situation. new picture. In the coming time, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security as well as Vietnam's forces participating in UN peacekeeping activities wish to continue to receive the attention and companionship of ministries, departments and sectors in the future. the process of deploying forces as well as ensuring the regimes and policies during and after the completion of the mission.
Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien requested agencies and units that send forces to participate in the UN peacekeeping mission to continue to thoroughly grasp the organization and strictly implement the regulations of the Ministry of National Defense, especially related to regimes and policies according to Decree 162, helping officers and soldiers feel secure and excited to receive and perform their tasks; assigned functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense to carry out relevant procedures to report to the Government for permission to amend a number of articles in Decree 162.
The report summarizing the implementation of Decree 162, Colonel Pham Manh Thang, Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department emphasized that, since the deployment of forces, leaders at all levels have paid attention, regularly monitored and created conditions and promulgate many guidelines and preferential policies for forces participating in UN peacekeeping operations. The implementation of Decree 162 has contributed to ensuring the regimes and policies for individuals and units such as ensuring funding for training, extra meals, and being provided with military equipment and necessary equipment in the field. in-country training; be considered for rewards, advance to military ranks ahead of time, participate in social housing projects...
At the Conference, the delegates pointed out inadequacies in some contents of Decree 162 such as lack of synchronization with the current legal document system. Some of the contents in it are not consistent with Resolution 130 of the National Assembly on joining the United Nations peacekeeping force issued later. The priority regime and policies for the female force are not comprehensive and not highly encouraging. The assurance work for organizations and units is not adequate and not suitable for each type of unit as prescribed. There are no specific regulations guiding the implementation of the work of ensuring compensation and repatriation of Vietnamese forces in case of violation of discipline at the mission; There are no regulations and guidelines on the local subsidy regime for participating forces…
Representatives of agencies and units inside and outside the army contributed ideas on such issues as: regimes and policies for female forces participating in peacekeeping activities; financial assurance, logistics; difficulties and inadequacies when implementing Decree 162…; propose directions to ensure regimes and policies for forces participating in peacekeeping activities in the coming time.
The delegates agreed that it is necessary to have better support policies for the forces participating in peacekeeping activities, especially female soldiers, in accordance with the actual situation and emerging problems. during the performance of the task.
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