UN Efforts to Address Racism
News Articles
- The Virus of Racism: An Enduring Dilemma for Humanity
- Human Rights Council calls on top UN rights official to take action on racist violence
- ‘I am my brother’s keeper’, Philonise Floyd tells UN rights body, in impassioned plea for racial justice
Statements by UN officials
- UN Deputy Secretary-General’s statement to UN Human Rights Council’s urgent debate on racially inspired human rights violations (17 June 2020)
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ statement to UN Human Rights Council’s urgent debate on racially inspired human rights violations (17 June 2020)
- Joint statement by senior leaders in the UN on pervasive and systemic racism (14 June 2020)
- Letter from UN Secretary-General to staff on the plague of racism (9 June 2020)