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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.

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

GENEVA (AN) — U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet opened the Human Rights Council's summer session on Monday forecasting a make-or-break scenario for world leaders that will depend on how much they do to correct the world's devastating inequalities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The former president of Chile said the 15th anniversary of the council was "sadly, a time of grave setbacks in human rights" around the world.

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