On September 14, local time, the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council opened.
The conference will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and will run until October 6.
On the first day of the meeting, the High Commissioner for Human Rights Bachelet stated that in the context of increasing suffering and turmoil worldwide, a human rights-based recovery method will help social and economic recovery, and at the same time, it will maximize the protection of vulnerable groups from the impact of the crisis. .
Bachelet said that the new crown pneumonia pandemic has caused severe socio-economic impacts in the Americas, and it is urgent to deal with the serious imbalance in development in the region.
At the same time, she pointed out that the only way to solve the fundamental problem of inequality, exclusion and discrimination is to establish a sustainable recovery mechanism.
In addition, Bachelet expressed concern about human rights issues in many countries in the world.
She specifically pointed out that the US police shot 29-year-old black man Jacob Black in Kenosha, Wisconsin last month, and once again urged people to take urgent and effective actions in the police system and society as a whole to combat systemic racism. And racial discrimination.
Bachelet said that this incident once again highlighted the severity of the crisis.
Bachelet said that in the latter part of the current session, she will deal with the issues concerning systemic racism, human rights violations and police violent law enforcement that were passed at the 43rd session and triggered by the "Death of Freud". Report on the implementation of the resolution.
(Headquarters reporter Xue Jingmeng)