Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), as Vice-President of the UN General Assembly, adopts the resolution (Photo: VNA) The resolution was put forward by Vanuatu and a “core group”of 18 countries, including Vietnam.
Under the resolution, UN member states requested the worldcourt to give opinions on the obligations of states under international law toprotect the environment against greenhouse gas emissions, as well as on legalresponsibilities of countries which have caused negative impacts of climatechange on many other countries.
With this resolution, the ICJ will, for the first time, giveits legal opinion on climate change - one of the most urgent and widelydiscussed issues in many regional and international forums today. The fact thatthe resolution was co-sponsored by 132 out of 193 UN member states and passedby consensus shows the strong support of the internationalcommunity on this issue.
An overview of the UNGA discussion (Photo: VNA) As one of the countries worst affected by climate change, theactive participation in promoting this initiative helps reaffirm Vietnam'sinternational commitments, as well as enhance its role as a responsible memberin solving today's global issues.
Ambassador Giang emphasised that although many responsemeasures have been put in place to minimise negative impacts, climate change isevolving very complicatedly. Therefore, countries need to take strongeractions, including clarifying their responsibilities and obligations underinternational law in general and relevant international treaties inparticular./.
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