China, some 90 countries highlight economic, social and cultural rights at UN session

STORY: China, some 90 countries highlight economic, social and cultural rights at UN session DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN XU, China's permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva 2. various of Human Rights Council STORYLINE: China on Monday delivered a joint statement together with over 90 countries at the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council, highlighting the importance of promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Delivering the joint statement at the session, Chen Xu, head of the Chinese Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, said that by compounding the existing socio-economic challenges, COVID-19 has enlarged the structural inequalities within and among states, and those in vulnerable and marginalized situations disproportionately bearing the brunt of the negative impac