Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Le Luong Minh held working sessions at the United Nations Office in Geneva and met with Swiss leaders during a working visit to Switzerland from September 11-15.
Vietnam has considered human rights as both widely-recognised and traditional values of a peace-loving nation, and has always pursued a consistent policy of strengthening international cooperation
Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam’s permanent delegation to the UN, the WTO and other international organizations in Geneva, is attending the UN Human Rights Council’s 35th session.
Vietnam made active contributions to the 33rd session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, which wrapped up on September 30 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Education and training play an important role in raising public awareness of human trafficking, heard a seminar on educating women and girls about human trafficking in Geneva on September 27.
The Foreign Ministry, in collaboration with other ministries, held a meeting in Hanoi on September 28 to provide the media with information about human rights in the country.
Vietnam is aware of the significance of education, especially human rights education which has been integrated into curriculums, media channels and community activities in the country.
Vietnam has called on countries to integrate measures for protecting community health and ensuring the right to food, housing, and education into national climate change response programmes.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is committed to continue to make contributions to the UN Human Rights Council, said the ASEAN Coordinator.
Vietnam always supports sincere dialogue and substantial cooperation between Myanmar and international partner, the country said at the UN Human Rights Council’s dialogue on human rights in Myanmar.
Vietnam has called for dialogue and reconciliation to ensure security and human rights in Burundi in the wake of mounting violence in the African nation.
Vietnam has been contributing to protecting and advancing the value of human rights in a direct, responsible and constructive manner during its membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Vietnam is playing its increasingly active role in the global human rights system, Dennis Curry from the UN Development Programme said at a seminar on Dec. 10 in response to World Human Rights Day.
Vietnam steadfastly pursues the policy of ensuring full enforcement of basic rights and freedom for each citizen, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc has written in an article.
The Vietnamese delegation took an active part at the just-concluded 30th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Vietnam pledges to make more efforts to fulfill its obligations as a member to the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child, and work closely with related agencies in the field.
A Vietnamese delegation is participating in the 29th session of the
United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) which started on June
15 in Geneva, Switzerland, in its capacity as member of the HRC’s in the
2014-2016 tenure and as co-coordinator of ASEAN at the council in 2015.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) started its 29th
session on June 15 in Geneva, Switzerland with the participation of
representatives from dozens of UN agencies, human rights
non-governmental organisations and 47 HRC member states, including
Vietnam.
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