Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang (centre) and other Vietnamese officials before the opening of the UNHRC's 52nd regular session on February 27 (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)
In his speech, Deputy PM Quang said the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA) on human rights are solid frameworks for the international community to jointly enhance awareness and action to promote and protect human rights, and that many important achievements have been obtained over decades.
However, those achievements are facing increasingly fierce challenges such as wars, conflicts, violence, poverty, inequality and injustice, natural disasters, epidemics, climate change, environmental degradation, food security and water security-related risks, and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, he pointed out.
He took this occasion to express deep sympathies to Turkish and Syrian people on their losses in the recent earthquake. He also informed participants about Vietnam’s concrete and quick assistance for the governments and people of the two countries.
Quang highlighted the determination, efforts, and achievements of Vietnam – a new UNHRC member – in making reforms, boosting socio-economic development, ensuring social security, and safeguarding and promoting human rights, especially the maintenance of fast growth, the widespread coverage of health insurance, a rate of women’s political participation among the world’s highest, and the continuous improvement in the human development index rankings.
