Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, attends the HRC meeting on April 3. (Photo: VNA) The resolution was adopted by consensusand co-sponsored by 98 states as of the end of April 3 afternoon (Geneva time),including 14 co-authors (Vietnam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia,Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Fiji, India, Panama, Romania, South Africa, andSpain).
It is a highlight of Vietnam in itsfirst HRC session as an HRC member in the 2023 - 2025 tenure.
At a high-level meeting opening theHRC’s 52nd regular session in Geneva on February 27, VietnameseDeputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang put forth an initiative on thecommemoration of the UDHR’s 75th anniversary and the VDPA’s 30th anniversary with a resolution of the council to reaffirm and augment efforts and actionsto achieve the major and inclusive targets and values of the two declarations,as well as the international community’s common commitments on human rights forall.
The resolutionfocuses on the importance of the UDHR and the VDPA while repeatingtheir fundamental principles on human rights. It reflects countries’ broadattention to the commemoration of the two declarations and to the improvementof the stature, role, and efficiency of the HRC and UN human rights mechanisms.It stresses the leading role of countries in ensuring human rights, the recognitionof women’s participation, the role of international cooperation and solidarity,and the respect for diversity and inclusiveness in promoting and protectinghuman rights and in taking part in HRC activities.
Theresolution also asked the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to carry outactivities marking the UDHR and VDPA’sanniversaries, including a UN high-level event on human rights in December this year and a report on the celebrations to be submitted to the HRC’s 56th session in early 2024.
The UDHR,adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948, is not an internationallegal document but served as the foundation for building the international humanrights law, the documents on human rights of regional mechanisms, and laws ofcountries. It was one of the most important documents of the 20th century. The date December 10 was later designated as the Human Rights Day.
Meanwhile, the VDPA was adopted by UNmember states at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in1993. It reaffirmed the UDHR’s values and clarified that the protection andpromotion of human rights must be the top priority of each country and the internationalcommunity./.
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