Vietnam and Peace Tracks

Posted by Moises Perez Mok

Chief Correspondent in Vietnam

The reason was confirmed by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc himself, who, when receiving the participants in the forum, emphasized that the Vietnamese people, as a country that suffered heavy losses in wars of resistance against aggression, deeply value peace, independence and freedom.

He noted that Vietnam attaches importance to the basic principles of the UN Charter and international rights on respect for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-interference in internal affairs and non-use or threat of force in international relations and in a peaceful settlement. conflicts.

All elements that were the subject of discussion among more than 100 delegates from 58 organizations and 53 countries who gathered here from 22 to 25 November, six years after the previous Assembly, to review the current international situation and assess the role to be played by the COP-MOP in The Kyoto Protocol must perform at this troubling juncture.

In his welcoming remarks to the attendees, Chairman of the Vietnam Peace Commission, Yong Cho Le, emphasized that this was an opportunity to show gratitude to international friends for accompanying and supporting them and to show solidarity with them both in the past as well as in the present.

He also pointed out that there is a special historical relationship between this nation and the CMP, where President Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party clearly envisioned from the very beginning the important role of the Forum, which at the founding conference in Paris (1949) 11 delegates participated. I sent.

There, he meant, the hero of Vietnamese independence was honored as the foremost soldier of peace and appointed honorary chairman of the Global Committee for the Protection of Peace in Vietnam.

He pointed out that his country’s commitment today to preserving world peace is not limited to protesting, preventing new wars, reducing the arms race, or fighting terrorism, racism or inequality, but rather extended to the concept of preserving peace and protecting peace.

He emphasized that peace is not only the absence of war, but rather a matter of development, the environment, human rights, justice and integrity.

Forum in difficult times

Humanity is currently witnessing turbulent times characterized by a chronic economic and social crisis, wrapped in political and war contradictions and conflicts, military escalation and wars that spread and increase the risk of a nuclear catastrophe. CMP, Socorro Gomez.

What is most disturbing, he added, is that the tendency to intensify the multidimensional offensive of imperialism is evident, which continues to be attempted in the most varied ways and with the use of the most diverse means (economic, financial, diplomatic, military, psychological and ideological warfare). ) to counteract the downward trend.

In this context, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties must chart the course of its struggle, along with other political and social organizations, democratic forces, and peace-loving progressives, to unleash a powerful movement capable of containing and defeating the belligerent and reactionary forces that threaten to destroy the historic conquests of mankind, he said. .

On the same day, when presenting a report on the movement’s activity, Secretary-General Thanassis Pavelis referred to the heavy price paid by the peoples in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, as a result of the years that the country witnessed significantly. Problems arose by turning health into a commodity and subjecting it to the search for profit.

He lamented the millions of people who did not receive vaccinations, especially in the poorest countries where the rate of complete vaccinations does not exceed 16 percent, and hundreds of thousands died due to inadequate health systems.

In contrast, he highlighted the special efforts and achievements of Cuba, a country that, without external support and despite the enormous challenges posed by the violent economic, financial and trade embargo of the United States, was able to be a hero in combat. against the epidemic.”

He emphasized that Cuba had developed its own vaccines not only for its own people, but also for other poor countries that needed them, and selflessly provided medical support to dozens of countries.

On the other hand, he added that while 745 million people live in extreme poverty and 11 of them die of starvation every minute, the wealth of the 10 richest billionaires in the world grew by $413 billion in 2021 and nine new billionaires were “born” from super profits. of pharmaceutical monopolies.

On the other hand, he pointed out that imperialist wars are raging in all regions of the planet, and that hostilities for control of markets, energy sources, oil pipelines and sea routes for transporting products are increasing.

He stressed that the danger of a war of global dimensions is great, and the rhetoric of using nuclear weapons is increasing, and he stressed that behind every imperialist intervention there are alleged pretexts, such as combating terrorism, asymmetric threats, and human rights violations. . and minorities.

Pafilis also presented some preliminary and rough outlines of the work plan for the coming period, in which he will assume the presidency of the Pallab Sengupta Organization, from India, and later elected by the 22nd Assembly with 40 members of the Executive Committee and 13 of the Secretariat.

He stressed the need to strengthen initiatives and measures in the near future against unjust wars and their causes. Anti-imperialist solidarity with the peoples of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Syria, Palestine, DPRK, Western Sahara and Sudan, who are fighting for just causes.

He also suggested that February 23, 2023 be considered as the International Day to Fight Against Foreign Military Bases, with particular attention to the US Navy’s Guantanamo enclave, which will celebrate the 120th anniversary of the illegal occupation by the United States.

In addition, improve initiatives in favor of the prohibition and complete abolition of all nuclear weapons and support the ratification of the relevant treaty by UN member states, and implement the “Yes to Peace – No to NATO” campaign. The military wing of imperialism and the enemy of peoples and peace.

Arb / MP