Geneva, Feb. 26 -- Vietnam always assumes a strong sense of responsibility for advancing disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, said Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva.

In his opening remarks at the recent High-Level Segment of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland, Dung said in the current context, the risks of miscalculation and unintended escalation, particularly nuclear risks, remain a profound concern, warning that such pose serious challenges to the multilateral disarmament mechanism.

He praised the conference's even more important and irreplaceable role amid such challenges as the sole ...