UNDP helps Vietnam implement human rights treaties

The US $1.238 million project, to be carried out for the next four years, will focus o­n raising Vietnamese officials’ awareness of international human rights treaties.

It will also aim to help officials gain a thorough understanding of the country’s commitments as well as obligations in the field.

At the signing ceremony, UNDP Resident Coordinator John Hendra said Vietnam was o­ne of the first countries to ratify the Convention o­n the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention o­n the Rights of the Child.

He also noted the country has been making important contributions to the United Nations Security Council since January and is increasingly making its marks as an active member of the international community.

Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said Vietnam places importance o­n international cooperation in human rights to ensure those rights are exercised and promoted in the country.

“Making and completing institutions and policies are vivid evidence of the Vietnamese State’s efforts and endeavours in exercising the rights of international treaties already joined by the country,” Minh said.