Vietnam’s election to UNHRC affirms efforts in promoting human rights: official
Vietnam’s election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 tenure affirms the recognition of Vietnam's position and its effort in promoting and protecting human rights, Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu has said.
Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 tenure affirms the recognition of Vietnam's position and its effort in promoting and protecting human rights, Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu has said.
In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency after Vietnam won the election at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on October 11 in New York, Hieu highlighted the significance of the success as affirming and recognising Vietnam's great efforts in promoting the protection of the human rights over the past, which is also the Party and State's consistent advocate and policy, as well as one of the contents and programmes to build a law-governed socialist State that Vietnam is aiming at.
The international community highly expects that Vietnam, with its second membership at the council, will exert efforts to protect human rights, thus contributing to joint efforts of the international community in this work, Hieu said.
The Vietnamese delegation in the election at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on October 11 in New York (Photo: VNA)
According to the official, Vietnam has participated in many major pillars of the UN, from politics, development to human rights promotion and protection.
This is a righteous policy of Vietnam when joining the UN in particular, and boosting the country’s multilateral diplomacy in general, he stressed.
ꦉ The official attributed the result to the close direction of Party and State leaders, and coordination by relevant ministries and sectors, press agencies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs./.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) opened its 49th session in Geneva on February 28, with the participation of many high-ranking leaders and representatives of 47 member countries and over 100 observers of the UNHRC, and inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations headquartered in Geneva.
It is necessary for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to have members that have shown and are ready to act as a bridge for cooperation and dialogue like Vietnam, especially in the context of complicated developments in the world, and differences between countries and groups of nations, said President of the UNHRC Federico Villegas.
The Washington Times has published an article in which it supports Vietnam's candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 term.
Vietnam was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 tenure on October 11 at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Vietnam’s success in winning a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 tenure demonstrates the country’s continuously consolidated and heightened position and reputation in the international arena, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu has said.
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General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the VPA’s General Staff and Deputy Minister of National Defence reaffirmed Vietnam’s unwavering gratitude for Cuba’s invaluable support during its struggle for independence and nation-building efforts, and pledged to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Cuba as it navigates current challenges.
Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu (Photo: VNA) 
The Vietnamese delegation in the election at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on October 11 in New York (Photo: VNA) 
