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Racism in US to Be Given Full Airing at UN Human Rights Council

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - Delegates attending the 43rd session of the U.N. Human Rights
   Council will hold an urgent debate Wednesday on alleged systemic racism
   and police brutality in the United States.

   Tragic events unfolded May 25in the U.S. city of Minneapolis after the
   death of African American George Floyd while in police custody,
   triggering an urgent debate.

   This is only the fifth time in the U.N. Human Rights Council's 14-year
   history such an event will take place. The request for the racism
   debate was made in a letter signed by more than 50 African nations to
   the president of the council, Austrian Ambassador Elisabeth
   Tichy-Fisslberger.

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