Topic: Mechanisms for Peacefully Resolving Border Disputes
Country: Vietnam
Delegate Name: Kathryn StJohn
School: Vicksburg High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Vietnam position papers GLIMUN 2014 committees
Vietnam believes that all border disputes should be resolved peacefully and that both sides should exert efforts to implement political engagements and conduct peaceful dialogues to resolve the problem. Under normal circumstances, submission of dispute to international arbitration requires an agreement reached between the two parties concerned. In both international law and international practices, direct negotiation between countries concerned is the most common and preferred way to resolve such disputes.
the Vietnamese deputy representative to the UNSC, Ambassador Hoang Chi Trung expressed concern at the escalation of tension between the two countries, most notably the scaling-up militarization by both sides at the border and the breakdown in their diplomatic relations. Could potentially be a problem for both sides of the dispute.
The ambassador underlined the fundamental principle to be applied to such situation that every dispute and conflict should be resolved through peaceful negotiations in a manner consistent with international law and the UN Charter.
“Dispute and conflict can never be resolved without the engagement and political will of all the parties concerned,” said the Vietnamese diplomat, urging Eritrea to fulfill its international obligation and responsibility to work constructively with the UN and other regional mechanisms with a view to peacefully resolving the border dispute with Djibouti .
Vietnam is currently trying to encourage dialogues and to give country's political space and to create a way to diffuse tension and to resolve bilateral disputes. hopefully we can find a way that all countries or at least some of the countries to agree to a peaceful way to solve border disputes.
