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Event marks International Human Rights Day, launches new cycle of UPR

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on December 12 held a ceremony in Hanoi to mark the International Human Rights Day and launch Vietnam’s universal periodical review (UPR) process for the fourth cycle.
Event marks International Human Rights Day, launches new cycle of UPR ảnh 1Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairsand the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on December 12 held a ceremony in Hanoi to mark the InternationalHuman Rights Day and launch Vietnam’s universal periodical review (UPR) processfor the fourth cycle.

Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs HaKim Ngoc held that Vietnam, sharing progressive ideas on human rights asaffirmed by the UN in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and otherimportant documents, has been determined to develop and implement policies on theprotection and promotion of the rights, achieving outstanding results recognisedand appreciated by the international community.

As a result, Vietnam was recently elected to the UNHuman Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 tenure, the diplomat noted.

The nation has to date completed 82.6% of recommendationsfrom the 3rd cycle of its UPR process and is to complete the workload andlaunch the preparations for the building of the national report on the 4thcycle in 2023, he said.

He requested UN agencies, development partners and relatedparties continue accompanying and cooperating with Vietnam to complete theprocess on schedule with the highest quality.

Event marks International Human Rights Day, launches new cycle of UPR ảnh 2At the event (Photo: VNA)
UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis said the nation’selection to the UNHRC demonstrates concrete efforts to protect and promoteeconomic, social, cultural, civil and political rights in accordance withinternational human rights standards.

Echoing the view, UNDP Resident Representative in VietnamRamla Khalidi said the UNDP will continue to accompany and support Vietnam in the 4th cycle through capacity building for ministries, sectors and all stakeholders,especially NGOs and youth./.
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