Bachelet calls pandemic key test for leaders

The U.N. human rights chief opened the Human Rights Council’s summer session urging leaders to correct the many inequalities laid bare by the pandemic.

By Arete News - June 21, 2021

People at a local market in Milan, Italy, during the COVID-19 pandemic (AN/Matteo Jorjoson)

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