VN integrates human rights education into community activities
He stressed that the declaration contributed to protecting human rights globally. Thanh also introduced Viet Nam’s plan to organise an international seminar on educating women and girls about human trafficking on the fringe of the 33 rd session on September 27.
Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh. Photo: VNA |
Apart from a dialogue on the UN’s mechanisms and special procedures on human rights, the session will mull the Universal Periodic Reviews of 14 countries. UNHRC operations, safety of journalists, access to clean water, environmental hygiene, along with situations in Georgia, Syria, Burundi and Sudan will be hot topics at the event. This is the last session Vietnam serves as member of the UNHRC for 2014-2016.
During the tenure the country has raised several initiatives, the most noteworthy being a resolution on climate change and children’s rights approved in June 2016. Ambassador Thanh was also elected by the ASEAN Committee in Geneva as the ASEAN Coordinator at the UNHRC for 2014-2016