Vietnam attends 29th session of UN Human Rights Council

In his opening speech, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein briefed participants on the achievements of the UN in protecting and promoting human rights over its 70-year history.

He noted that despite successes, conflicts still remain in which people are subjected to acts of violence and their economic and social rights are rejected.

"Political turbulence, repression, violence and war have become so widespread that they impel millions of people in the world to risk their lives to find a place of relative safety," the commissioner said.

"Migration is the symptom, the cause is despair, after repeated human rights violations have stripped an individual of all hope of justice and dignity," he stressed, expressing his hope that the session would resolve issues on migrants rights, particularly in terms of the multiple crises regarding migrants en route to Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia.

The 29th HRC session is being held between June 15 and July 3 to address several urgent global issues concerning human rights and touch on migration and the situation in Ukraine, South Sudan, and Syria.

(Source: Nhandan Online)