New York (VNA) - A Vietnamese representative to the UN suggested limiting and eventually abolishing the ability to veto in the United Nations' Security Council during its reform process.

At the 59th General Assembly's plenary session on the UN Secretary General's report on the Agency's reform process on Apr. 8, Nguyen Duy Chien, Deputy Permanent Representative of Viet Nam, reaffirmed Viet Nam's continual support for the United Nations' institutional reform process, including the reform of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

He said, "The real reform of the Security Council can be complete only when it captures both the increase in the Council's membership and the improvement of its working methods. The use of the veto should be limited and eventually eliminated."

The Vietnamese diplomat said, "Viet Nam reaffirms its position that the reform of the Security Council is only a part of the UN reform process, to which measures to restore the authority of the General Assembly and to make the work of ECOSOC more effective are indispensable."

He stressed that Viet Nam has always supported and continues to support all efforts aimed at making the Security Council more representative, more democratic, more effective and more transparent.

On development issues, the Vietnamese diplomat stated that Viet Nam supports balanced and equitable international trade as it is one of the most effective ways to help developing and under-developed countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

He underscored the need to ensure the entry of developing countries into the World Trade Organisation towards the universalisation of membership in that organisation.

He noted that while developing countries are taking steps to adopt MDGs-based national development strategies and scale up investment to achieve them, developed countries should honour their commitments to provide unfettered development assistance and create necessary conditions for goods from developing countries to have access to their market.

Regarding security issues, the Vietnamese diplomat expressed Viet Nam's agreement to the requirement for continued efforts to be made to deal with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

However, he said "Focusing only on proliferation measures is not justified. We are convinced that the international community has the obligation to address in a most balanced manner both the nuclear disarmament and proliferation issues."

He noted, "Viet Nam condemns all acts of terrorism in all forms and manifestations. We are convinced that the fight against terrorism can only be won through comprehensive and balanced measures conducted in full conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and in accordance with international law, in particular relevant international conventions."

The diplomat pointed to the necessity of upholding the rule of law both at the national and international levels at this debate, saying, "It requires that the principles and purposes of the Charter and other basic principles of international law be strictly respected and force be used only as a last resort and only with the approval of the Security Council."/.