Kuwaiti Diplomat Reiterates Unflinching Commitment To Human Rights

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) GENEVA, Sept 29 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's commitment to the protection of human rights remains firm and unflinching, a diplomat told a session of the UN Security Council on Monday, citing the works of a national ad hoc committee devoted to the matter.
When compiling its latest routine report over measures and legislations introduced at home to protect human rights, which was approved by the UN Security Council, Kuwait's permanent delegate to the UN and other international organizations Nasser Al-Heyn said that all suggestions given by the UN body are taken into account, ensuring that such ideas fall in line with national policies and plans, he underlined.
Kuwait has seen a raft of new legislations passed over the course of the last few years, chief among them laws dealing with gender parity and women's empowerment, at a time where females make up some 58 percent of the national workforce and have started assuming senior leadership roles, he added.
In terms of social and economic policies that support human rights, the Kuwaiti diplomat mentioned state efforts to offer free education to larger segments of the population, in addition to greater healthcare coverage and more funding for housing projects as cases in point.
On the UN Security Council's approval of Kuwait's comprehensive report on human rights, he said that the thumbs up was a testament to a national commitment to the matter, citing that all suggestions given by the UN body would inevitably become viable strategies to implement. (end)
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