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| Delegates attending the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting. (Source: VNA) |
On September 18, within the framework of the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland (taking place from September 9 to October 11), Mr. Surya Deva, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development, had a dialogue with countries about his activities over the past year.
Regarding the visit to Vietnam from November 9-15, 2023, the Special Rapporteur on the right to development thanked the Vietnamese Government, relevant agencies and organizations for their cooperation during the visit; affirmed that he had witnessed Vietnam's impressive progress in economic development and implementation of social security programs.
Mr. Surya Deva also affirmed that Vietnam has made significant progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in many areas such as poverty reduction, access to clean water and sanitation, resilient infrastructure development and innovation enhancement, and highly appreciated the multidimensional poverty reduction approach of the Vietnamese Government.
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| Special Rapporteur on the right to development presents at the meeting. (Source: VNA) |
Speaking at the Dialogue, Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and other international organizations in Geneva (Switzerland), affirmed Vietnam's consistent policy in promoting and protecting human rights, including the right to development. Vietnam always puts people at the center of all development strategies, as the subject, driving force and beneficiary. Vietnam does not sacrifice the environment for economic development. This is also what the Special Rapporteur on the right to development directly witnessed and heard during his visit to Vietnam.
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| Ambassador Mai Phan Dung speaks at the meeting. (Source: VNA) |
Vietnam considered the visit a success and appreciated the constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur, creating favorable conditions for information exchange on the realization of the right to development and the Sustainable Development Goals in Vietnam.
Vietnam also highly appreciated the Special Rapporteur's positive views on Vietnam's achievements, commitments and vision in comprehensive national development, implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, eradicating poverty, developing resilient infrastructure, promoting innovation, and ensuring people's participation, contributions and benefits in the development process.
The Ambassador emphasized that Vietnam always attaches importance to creating conditions for people to participate and contribute to all processes of policy making and implementation. “People know, people discuss, people do, people inspect, people supervise, people benefit” are important principles, institutionalized and realized through many domestic frameworks.
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| Ambassador Mai Phan Dung speaks at the meeting. (Source: VNA) |
The Ambassador also affirmed Vietnam's commitment to sustainable development, including prioritizing investment in human resources, science and technology and innovation; improving infrastructure; developing a green and circular economy; enhancing resilience to natural disasters and climate change; perfecting socialist-oriented market institutions; promoting public administration reform; promoting the participation of vulnerable groups in decision-making; continuing to reform the social security system to enhance community resilience and support vulnerable groups; stabilizing macroeconomic foundations; mobilizing and effectively using financial resources for sustainable development; improving the availability of data to enhance monitoring of progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals; and mobilizing all stakeholders and working with partners to achieve the Goals for all by 2030.
Finally, the Ambassador affirmed his support for the Special Rapporteur on the right to development and wished to continue cooperating with the United Nations human rights mechanisms in the coming time.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, Surya Deva, visited Vietnam from November 9-15, 2023. At the end of the visit, he highly appreciated the efforts of the Vietnamese Government in economic development, job creation and increasing social security coverage. He emphasized that Vietnam has made impressive strides in reducing multidimensional poverty despite the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and an unstable international environment, and has made great progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and reducing emissions to meet the commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Besides, he also emphasized the importance of responding to climate change and protecting the environment to ensure sustainable development. |
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