GLOBALink | China, like-minded countries call for efforts to promote economic, social, cultural rights amid COVID-19

China and a group of countries on Friday called for eliminating the gap of inequality when realizing people's economic, social and cultural rights amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introducing a draft resolution on behalf of Bolivia, Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa and China at the 49th session of the Human Rights Council, China's permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva Chen Xu said the pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to the economic and social development of all countries, especially developing countries.

The resolution stresses the importance of strengthening international cooperation to promote and protect economic, social and cultural rights and address inequalities. It requests the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene a workshop to discuss practical ways.

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