Vietnam re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council

Vietnam was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2026-2028 term with 180 votes, the highest among candidates representing the Asia-Pacific region.

On October 14 (New York time, USA), at the United Nations headquarters, the United Nations General Assembly elected members of the Human Rights Council for the 2026-2028 term, in which Vietnam was re-elected with 180 votes in favor, the highest in the Asia- Pacific group.

The General Assembly meeting, attended by 190 eligible voting member states of the United Nations, elected 14 member states including Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Iraq, Egypt, South Africa, Mauritius, Angola, Estonia, Slovenia, Chile, Ecuador, Italy and the UK.

Vietnam achieved the highest number of votes in the Asia- Pacific group, and is the only Asia-Pacific country that is a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2023-2025 term to be re-elected for the 2026-2028 term.

The Vietnamese delegation after listening to the President of the United Nations General Assembly announce the voting results. Photo: VNA

This result reflects the trust and appreciation of United Nations members for Vietnam's strong commitments and efforts to promote and protect human rights, along with Vietnam's contributions and initiatives in its role as a member of the Human Rights Council for the 2023-2025 term.

At the same time, this also demonstrates the international community's trust in Vietnam's open foreign policy, efforts to participate and contribute to multilateral mechanisms, its achievements in international integration, and recognition of Vietnam's increasingly consolidated position as an active member and reliable partner for peace, cooperation and sustainable development.

In its third term as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Vietnam will continue to promote eight priority areas on improving the effectiveness of the Human Rights Council's operations, ensuring human rights in climate change and digital transformation, promoting gender equality, protecting vulnerable groups, the right to health, the right to work, human rights education and the right to education.

Vietnam will continue to contribute to the common efforts of the international community, addressing common concerns on human rights in the spirit of “Respect and understanding - Dialogue and cooperation - All human rights for all”.

When running for membership of the Human Rights Council for the 2026-2028 term, Vietnam also made 12 voluntary commitments in many areas of human rights and will seriously implement them.

These commitments are not only linked to initiatives at the Human Rights Council, UN and regional human rights mechanisms, but also in the process of implementing recommendations that Vietnam accepts under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle IV or from human rights convention committees of which Vietnam is a member.

Vietnam's voluntary commitments are also closely linked to tasks identified as having strategic importance, requiring breakthroughs to bring the country into a new era of development with the goal of becoming a developed, high-income country by 2045; especially the work of building a rule-of-law state, legal reform, international integration, innovation and digital transformation...

The 2026-2028 term of membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council will begin on January 1, 2026.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/viet-nam-tai-dac-cu-vao-hoi-dong-nhan-quyen-lien-hop-quoc-2452811.html