On sidelines of U.N., a push for China's abuses to be punished
The United Nations will be judged by how it addresses China’s persecution of ethnic minorities, diplomats and human rights advocates charged Monday on the sidelines of the body’s General Assembly, calling for forceful action after a report raised the specter of “crimes against humanity.” For years, rights watchdogs and journalists have exposed brutal treatment of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the far western region of Xinjiang, where China is accused of a ruthless campaign of torture, sexual assault and ethnic cleansing. “Inaction is no longer possible,” Fernand de Varennes, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on minority rights said at a forum Jeffrey Prescott, a deputy U. S. ambassador to the United Nations, suggested the integrity of the institution was at stake in its response to China. “It’s deeply disheartening to see a country that has been so central to the creation of the modern U. N. system, and enjoys its status as a permanent member of the Security Council, so profoundly violating its commitments.” The U. N. report on China’s alleged abuses was released in the final minutes of the last day in office of Michele Bachelet, now the former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Call for formal commission of inquiry Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the immediate predecessor to Bachelet as U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said his successor deserved credit for publishing the report, but said it was a “shortcoming” not to refer to the abuses as genocide.
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