The Hanoitimes – The UN Human Rights Committee notes Vietnam's efforts to comply with its Covenant obligations, but incompatibility still remains between its legal framework and the Covenant. Vietnam has announced its postulation to the UN Human Rights Council as ASEAN candidate for the 2023-25 term. Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh at the UN Human Rights Council’s session on February 22. Photo: Baoquocte Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Pham Binh Minh told an online high-level meeting of the Geneva-based Rights Council's 46th Regular Session held this week. He claimed that the state fully protects "human rights and fundamental freedoms." Human rights and freedoms can be protected and promoted only when a country defends itself against the Covid-19 pandemic, Minh said. He argued that protecting people in the pandemic is the best way to ensure that each and every member of the society can fully enjoy their human rights. Minh stressed that the country continues protecting and promoting all human rights and fundamental freedoms of the people, even in this most difficult of times. The application will place Vietnam in competition with candidates from other countries in the UN's Asia-Pacific representational grouping. The… Read full this story
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