Collected Department Releases: Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski’s Travel to Vietnam and the Republic of Korea Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowskis Travel to Vietnam and the Republic of Korea Media NoteOffice of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 21, 2014 Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski will visit Hanoi, Vietnam, October 22-26, where he will engage with government officials and local civil society representatives. Assistant Secretary Malinowski will discuss the importance of demonstrable progress on human rights to furthering U.S.-Vietnam bilateral ties, including on security assistance and economic cooperation. As part of ongoing dialogue within the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership, Assistant Secretary Malinowski will encourage Vietnam to ratify the Convention Against Torture and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as soon as possible and to fully implement its international human rights obligations, including under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. From October 27-28, he will visit Seoul, Republic of Korea, where he will meet with government officials, civil society leaders, North Korean defectors, and democracy and human rights program implementers, in order to continue the international communitys momentum to address the egregious human rights situation in the DPRK. Follow Assistant Secretary Malinowski on Twitter: @Malinowski. For updates on the U.S. Governments human rights work, visit humanrights.gov or the DRL Twitter account, @State_DRL. The Office of Website Management, Bureau of Public Affairs, manages this site as a portal for information from the U.S. State Department.External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein. Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowskis Travel to Vietnam and the Republic of Korea Media NoteOffice of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 21, 2014 Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski will visit Hanoi, Vietnam, October 22-26, where he will engage with government officials and local civil society representatives. Assistant Secretary Malinowski will discuss the importance of demonstrable progress on human rights to furthering U.S.-Vietnam bilateral ties, including on security assistance and economic cooperation. As part of ongoing dialogue within the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership, Assistant Secretary Malinowski will encourage Vietnam to ratify the Convention Against Torture and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as soon as possible and to fully implement its international human rights obligations, including under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. From October 27-28, he will visit Seoul, Republic of Korea, where he will meet with government officials, civil society leaders, North Korean defectors, and democracy and human rights program implementers, in order to continue the international communitys momentum to address the egregious human rights situation in the DPRK. Follow Assistant Secretary Malinowski on Twitter: @Malinowski. For updates on the U.S. Governments human rights work, visit humanrights.gov or the DRL Twitter account, @State_DRL. The Office of Website Management, Bureau of Public Affairs, manages this site as a portal for information from the U.S. State Department.External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein. ift.tt/1gB4pon
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