Viet Nam Human Rights
Vietnam active at UN discussions on human rights
26/10/19
A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy has been active in discussions on social development, the advancement of women, children’s rights, drug control and crime prevention during a meeting of the UN Third Committee which is underway in New York. The UN Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Issues (Third Committee) meets from October 1 to November 21 within the framework of the 74th UN General Assembly.
The Third Committee also includes meetings with chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies and UN special rapporteurs on issues related to migrants, housing, clean water, environment, torture, violence against children, discrimination against women, and promotion of political, civil, economic, cultural and social rights. Around 60 resolutions are scheduled to be reviewed during the meeting.
During the discussions, representatives of several countries have voiced their concern over an increasing number of global challenges, particularly climate change which has hindered human rights. They also suggested that dialogue and international cooperation on the basis of mutual understanding and respect are critical to ensuring human rights goals are met.
Speaking during a general discussion, Ambassador Quy called on all nations to promote dialogue rather than confrontation, and consultation rather than imposition, to together ensure human rights.
Vietnam has accepted 241, or nearly 83 percent, of the 291 human rights recommendations by UN members at the third-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, he said. The accepted recommendations cover important human rights protection issues, such as the completion of the legal system; measures to protect civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights; and promotion of dialogue and cooperation with UN human rights mechanisms.
Vietnam has also ratified the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 98 on the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining and aligned itself to the voluntary global pledge for children’s rights and the Safe School Declaration, Quy added.
Vietnam, a country severely affected by climate change, has always made great efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change on vulnerable groups, he said. In 2014, Vietnam, together with Bangladesh and the Philippines, co-sponsored a resolution on climate change and human rights which focuses on children, women and people with disabilities.
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Rising from wars, Vietnam has made continuous efforts to build a socialist state with the rule of law, which is of the people, by the people and for the people
The country’s efforts to fight for national independence and reunification for decades are to ensure all Vietnamese people can enjoy to the fullest their human rights
The adoption of the Constitution 2013 with an exclusive chapter on human rights and citizen rights and obligations and that of the over 90 subsequent legal documents related to human rights within four years were significant efforts to create an important legal framework for the protection of human rights and citizenship
Vietnam has strived to improve the institutional system and create material facilities to better ensure human rights
all socio-economic development projects, programmes and strategies are built on the people-centred and people-oriented basis.
These endeavours have brought positive outcomes in ensuring human rights in various fields from economy, society, and culture to civil and politics
Vietnam is one of the countries to implement successfully many UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ahead of schedule and is effectively carrying out the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Vietnam has maintained an annual economic growth of over 6 percent for many consecutive years and still paid due attention to social development.
The rights of education, health care and accommodation have been strongly improved with universal preschool and primary school education in all the 63 cities and provinces
the achievements, Vietnam has made active contributions to the world’s common, positive and progressive values of human rights.
Vietnam is also seriously implementing international commitments on human rights, including the enforcement of seven out of the nine treaties
To better ensure the rights of the people in the coming time, Vietnam will maximise efforts to perfect the state with the rule of law, strengthen the legal foundation and policies related to the protection and promotion of human rights
It will push ahead with administrative reforms and improvement of the quality of public services as well as the prevention of corruption, promotion of democracy, and enhancement of the State apparatus operation
Vietnam is committed to promoting the implementation of the SDGs, focusing on sustainable poverty reduction policies and narrowing the development gaps between geographical areas and population groups, especially the vulnerable.
The country will continue supporting dialogues and cooperation in the field of human rights and work with other nations worldwide to promote the rights of the people
as an active and responsible country within the international community, has always respected and fully implemented all obligations under the UPR
Vietnam has adopted with the active participation of all relevant ministries and sectors on the basis of receiving information and valuable comments from concerned organisations and individuals.
Social welfare has been paid great attention, with timely the implementation of policies to support and solve difficulties for people
Social organisations and people have become increasingly involved in monitoring and supervising the execution of the laws and policies of the State.
In Vietnam, public awareness on human rights, especially in younger generations, has been improved.
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