China News Service, Geneva, September 20. The 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council held a dialogue with independent experts on the rights of the elderly on the 20th. Jiang Duan, Minister of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations in Geneva, made a speech urging the United States to respect the human rights of the elderly.
Jiang Duan said that China is deeply concerned that the elderly in some countries have become "victims" in the epidemic.
In the face of the epidemic, the elderly have become the most vulnerable group, and the scarcity of medical resources has exacerbated their plight.
According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most patients who died from the epidemic were over 65 years old. In the eyes of US politicians, the naturally evolved law of survival of the fittest has become a grand excuse for ignoring life. “The elderly can sacrifice for the country” and “the country. Slogans such as "Economy is more important than the lives of the elderly" are full of ruthlessness and neglect of the elderly.
After the epidemic, the U.S. economy continued to slump, and many elderly people's economic conditions deteriorated and their living conditions were worrying.
China urges the United States to respect the human rights and dignity of all elderly people, attach great importance to the rights of the elderly to life and health, and ensure that the elderly are free from poverty and discrimination.
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