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UN High Commissioner lauds Vietnam’s human rights achievements
UN High Commissioner lauds Vietnam’s human rights achievements
19/2/20
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| Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai (left), newly-accredited Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachele |
At a reception for Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, newly-accredited Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, Bachelet highly valued Vietnam’s role in and cooperation with UN mechanisms.
She expressed her hope that Vietnam will make more contributions to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and sustainable development goals in Vietnam and the region, and bring into play its ASEAN Chairmanship to promote cooperation between the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
For her part, Mai said the Vietnamese Government appreciates Bachalet’s role and contributions to human rights promotion and protection in the world.
She briefed the UN official on Vietnam’s priorities, policies and outstanding achievements in the sphere of human rights, and stressed the significance of multilateral cooperation in this regard.
Human rights promotion and protection are major issues in Vietnam’s implementation of its 2013 Constitution and socio-economic development policy, the ambassador added.
The ambassador pledged to make all-out efforts, together with the Vietnamese mission in Geneva and competent Vietnamese agencies, to make more contributions at the UNHRC, join hands with the OHCHR and push ahead with cooperation between the ASEAN and the OHCHR.
Mai also called for more collaboration and support from the UN High Commissioner and the OHCHR to Vietnam./.
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Vietnam is one of the countries that have actively responded to the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children, and called on all people to join such efforts.
Preventing conflicts, enhancing preventive diplomacy, settling conflicts via peaceful measures, intensifying multilateralism, consolidating sustainable development, coping with climate change and promoting human rights will be Vietnam’s priorities during its term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2020-2021.
With the aim of becoming a “partner for sustainable peace,” Vietnam has made direct contributions to international peacekeeping missions.
Since 2014, the country has sent officers to two UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Central African Republic.
Vietnam has important role and contributions to human rights promotion and protection in the world.
Vietnam has worked hard to promote initiatives and actively contribute to addressing conflicts and crises in the world.
Vietnam was the first Asian country and the second in the world to ratify the UN convention on the rights of the children in 1990
Vietnamese children have been protected by law and enjoyed priorities in health care, education services and welfare policies.
As a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2008-2009, the country raised core issues in human rights promotion such as the protection of children and women, especially the UN resolutions on women, peace and security
Many of Vietnam’s initiatives on human rights, particularly those regarding the guarantee of rights of women, children, people with disabilities and those affected by climate change, have received applause from the international community.
Vietnam had also proposed and engaged in many initiatives such as protecting labour rights of people with disabilities, ensuring a safe working environment for labourers at sea, enhancing education and preventing the trafficking of girls and women.
Over the past three decades, the country’s strong political commitments on observing the rights of children have helped improved the living conditions of millions of children across the country.
more efforts should be made on both national and global scales to better protect children from abuse and effectively deal with risks of child right violations
Vietnam’s achievements in ensuring human rights are lessons for other countries to follow
Vietnam calls on all nations to promote dialogue rather than confrontation, and consultation rather than imposition to together ensure human rights.
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