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Việt Nam highlights ASEAN’s efforts in protecting children’s rights
Việt Nam highlights ASEAN’s efforts in protecting children’s rights
26/2/20
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has shown its strong commitment to promoting and ensuring the rights of children through a multitude of important documents, such as the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025.
Ambassador Lê Thị Tuyết Mai, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, made the statement while representing ASEAN member countries to address the 43rd session of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva on February 24.
Mai stressed that with the dogged determination to realise the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ASEAN members would continue close cooperation with the UN’s organisations to promote children’s rights, particularly in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, climate change and disease outbreaks.
The Vietnamese diplomat said that the move would undoubtedly help the bloc successfully concretise the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In his remarks on the opening day of the session, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres laid stress on the progress in human rights since the establishment of the UN in 1945, while underscoring that ensuring human rights is a target and motive of global peace, security and development.
He voiced his concern over serious and large-scale violations of human rights such as social inequality, unequal treatment of women, and poverty, among others.
Guterres detailed a seven-point blueprint for positive change, calling for countries’ coordination in sustainable development, crisis prevention, gender equality, development of the digital age, and freedom of expression and civil society, among others.
Echoing the call, High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said that as threats to human rights, development and peace are on the rise, international cooperation should be put in place to ensure that future generations will live in peace and freedom.
Countries need to obey international regulations on human rights, and end unequal treatment to promote inclusive socio-economic development, she said, adding it is necessary to carry out the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Global Compact for Migration (GCM) and Paris Agreement.
Heads of states and high-level leaders will discuss various issues at the session, including human rights protection, promoting gender equality, and raising public awareness of the disabled and African-born people.
Besides several dialogues on rights of the disabled, prevention of child trafficking, freedom of religion and prevention of terrorism, the session will consider the adoption of some resolutions and national reports on human rights of 14 countries under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
The session will run until March 20./.
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Vietnam has affirmed ASEAN’s strong commitments in promoting and ensuring the rights of children in both regional and global scales through dialogue, partnership and cooperation, helping to build a future of peace, stability and prosperity.
ASEAN has exerted efforts to build a favourable development environment for children and adolescents through many cooperation programmes, such as the regional action plan on the elimination of violence against children, and the ASEAN Children Forum.
Vietnam has played important role in protecting children not only in the region but also all over the world.
We need commitments of the international community in realising children’s rights to healthcare, education, nutrition, and safe environment without violence, as well as the right to raise their voices and head to the future.
Member countries should review outcomes in child rights protection over the past three decades, while pointing out challenges and seeking specific orientations and measures to better promote and observe child rights.
Good job, Vietnam!
Countries also need to act for children, while listening to their voices and protecting the dream of each child.
Vietnam's Law on Children came into force creating a legal framework for child care, protection, and education and regulating Vietnam’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Children’s opinions should be reflected in child-related policies, and national and local socio-economic plans should incorporate targets concerning child development.
Vietnam is also implementing the UNICEF-initiated “Child friendly city” project.
UNICEF Chief Representative in Viet Nam Youssouf Abdel-Jelil said “Around the world from developing countries and middle income countries to developed countries such as New Zealand, France, and Italy, “Child friendly city” project has been implemented. We have started the initiative in Ho Chi Minh City with the help of MOLISA. The initiative is important for children in Vietnam in general. The cooperation and partnership with MOLISA is important in what we do in Ho Chi Minh City. We will also include Da Nang and other cities.”
2020 Vietnam takes chairmanship of ASEAN and the country has done well to contribute for human rights.
Protection, care and education of children constitute a moral tradition of the Vietnamese people as well as a principle underpinning the line of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the laws of the Vietnamese State.
Vietnam was the second country in the world and the first in Asia to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on February 20, 1990. So far, Vietnam has participated in 8 out of 23 international conventions on human rights.
Social awareness of children’s rights has been increased through song contests, paintings and quizzes about children’s rights. Children’s participation has been encouraged through children’ rights forums, clubs of child reporters, children-to-children activities and in the mass media.
The current Law on Vietnamese Nationality provides for principles and conditions for ensuring children’s right to nationality.
Under the Law, child protection, care and education must be based on principles of non-discrimination and guarantee of the best interests of children to exercise their rights and duties for full and harmonious physical, intellectual, mental and moral development, and to live in a safe and healthy environment.
The Vietnamese Government supports the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s safe school environment programme, aiming to raise a voice to single out children’s education rights in all cases.
The Vietnamese law on children has made great contributions to the cause of child protection, care and education, fully expressing the principles of the UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child.
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