Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang addresses at high-level discussion of 52nd UNHRC session
WVR - On February 27, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang attended the opening ceremony and delivered remarks at a high-level discussion of the 52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang attends the high-level meeting of the UNHRC's 52nd regular session on February 27, 2023. (Photo: WVR) |
The high-level session was attended by more than 100 high-ranking officials, ministers of the countries, together with the Presidents of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, leaders of international and regional organizations and Geneva-based NGOs.
In his speech, Deputy Prime Minister Quang said the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA) on human rights are solid frameworks for the international community to jointly enhance awareness and action to promote and protect human rights, and that many important achievements have been obtained over decades.
However, those achievements are facing increasingly fierce challenges such as wars, conflicts, violence, poverty, inequality and injustice, natural disasters, epidemics, climate change, environmental degradation, food security and water security-related risks, and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, he pointed out.
He took this occasion to express deep sympathies to Turkish and Syrian people on their losses in the recent earthquake. He also informed participants about Vietnam’s concrete and quick assistance for the governments and people of the two countries.
Deputy Prime Minister Quang highlighted the determination, efforts, and achievements of Vietnam – a new UNHRC member – in making reforms, boosting socio-economic development, ensuring social security, and safeguarding and promoting human rights, especially the maintenance of fast growth, the widespread coverage of health insurance, a rate of women’s political participation among the world’s highest, and the continuous improvement in the human development index rankings.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and other Vietnamese officials before the opening of the UNHRC's 52nd regular session on February 27, 2023. (Photo: WVR) |
Underlining Vietnam’s motto when joining the UNHRC - “Respect and Understanding. Dialogue and Cooperation. All human rights for all people”, the Deputy Prime Minister called on countries to understand and respect one another’s differences, stay united, hold dialogue, and cooperate to resolve global issues on the basis of multilateralism, international law, and the UN Charter.
The Deputy Prime Minister stressed the need to focus on implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the commitments on climate change adaptation.
To ensure the full enjoyment of human rights around the globe, the UNHRC should play the central role in promoting constructive dialogue, equality, and effective cooperation among countries on the basis of mutual respect and understanding and with an overarching approach, according to the Vietnamese official.
At the discussion, Deputy Prime Minister Quang suggested the UDHR’s 75th anniversary and the VDPA’s 30th anniversary be celebrated with a UNHRC document to reaffirm the major and inclusive goals and values of those statements and the international community’s joint commitment for the sake of humanity.
(Source: WVR)
