51st session of the UN Human Rights Council (Photo: VNA)Speaking at various discussion sessions, Mai highlighted Vietnam'spriorities and commitments in its candidacy to the UNHRC for the 2023-2025 term,reaffirming the Party and State’s consistent guidelines and policies of puttingpeople at the centre of the development and ensuring that they can share in thefruits of this process.
The ambassador also spotlighted Vietnam's efforts,commitments and achievements, as well as its capacity to contribute to theinternational community in the protection and promotion of human rights in theworld; to promote dialogue and cooperation at the UNHRC in an objective andconstructive spirit, in line with the UN's focuses and common concerns of theinternational community such as sustainable development, climate change response,protection and promotion of the rights of vulnerable groups, gender equalityand the advancement of women.
Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva (Photo: VNA)Vietnam co-sponsored two annual resolutions on the right to develop and enhancetechnical cooperation, and build capacity in the field of human rights, thus contributingto promoting the priorities and interests of developing countries at the UNHRC.
Vietnam's active engagement in the council’s activities overthe past years; the fact that it is one of the three key countries presidingover the introduction of the UNHRC's annual resolution on human rights andclimate change; and its candidacy to the council for the 2023-2025 tenuredemonstrate the country's people-centered policy with strong commitments andefforts to promote and protect human rights, especially in the year marking the 45th anniversaryof Vietnam’s UN membership (September 20, 1977 – 2022).
The election of new members of the UNHRC for the new term,of which Vietnam is a candidate, will take place at the UN General Assembly inNew York on October 11./.
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