An overview of the session (Photo: VNA) Along with highlighting Vietnam’sachievements in boosting national development and ensuring human rights,Vietnam raise the idea of celebrating the 75th anniversary of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the 30th anniversary of the ViennaDeclaration and Programme of Action (VDPA).
To realise the initiative, Vietnam has madegreat efforts to build a core group with representatives of all regions of theworld, while conducting negotiations on a draft resolution on the 75th anniversary of the UDHR and the 30th anniversary of the VDPA.
The resolution was adopted on April 3 byconsensus and co-sponsored by 102 states as of the end of April 4 afternoon(Geneva time), including 14 co-authors (Vietnam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium,Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Fiji, India, Panama, Romania, South Africa,and Spain).
The result showed recognition ofefforts and goodwill by Vietnam during the negotiations, while proving that thecontents of the resolution meets the common attention and priority of allcountries.
During the session, Vietnam was active in giving opinions in many discussions on theobservance of specific human rights such as rights to housing and food, culturalrights, development rights, child rights, and the rights to fair, equal andtimely access to reasonable prices of COVID-19 vaccines.
The Vietnamese delegation was led by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (Photo: VNA) Vietnam also committed to strengthening constructivecooperation with other countries, the Office of the United Nations HighCommissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UNHRC and its mechanisms, aiming topromote and protect human rights for all on the basis of respecting the UNCharter, international treaties on human rights, and ensuring national sovereigntyand the principles of objectivity, fairness, constructive dialogue andcooperation.
Together with other ASEAN countries, theVietnamese delegation had a speech on issues of ASEAN shared concern, includingthe development rights, technical cooperation and capacity building on humanrights and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
Regarding climate change and human rights,which are the priorities of Vietnam and other countries, Vietnam, along withBangladesh and the Philippines, which are members of the Core Group on climatechange and human rights at the UNHRC for many years, drafted and delivered aJoint Statement on Climate Change and Human Rights at this session, attractinga large number of co-sponsor countries.
At the same time, Vietnam also actively met and discussed with delegations from othercountries and co-sponsors on a number of initiatives in the spirit of dialogueand cooperation as well as in the implementation of the duties of the membersof the UNHRC in the process of consulting and voting to approve 43 draftresolutions of the council.
The active participation of the Vietnamesedelegation at the 52nd regular session of the UNHRC demonstrates Vietnam'sefforts and responsibilities as a member of the council for the 2023-2025 tenure. Atthe event, Vietnam sent out a strong message on its consistent viewpoints,policies, achievements and ASEAN's common views and achievements in thepromotion and protection of human rights, thus contributing to the cooperationwith other countries to ensure that the operation of the council is consistentwith the basic principles of the UN Charter and international conventions regardinghuman rights.
During the session, lasting for more thanone month, participants discussed more than 80 reports, while considering and approving 43 draft thematic resolutions, passing the UPR reportsof 14 countries, and approving the decision to appoint 10 personnel for SpecialProcedures./.
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