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China, like-minded countries express concern over harm of misinformation
Updated 08:31, 03-Jul-2021
CGTN

China and a group of like-minded countries expressed concern over the harm caused by false information to multilateral human rights work.

Delivering a joint statement on behalf of a group of countries at the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday, Jiang Duan, minister of the Chinese mission to the UN in Geneva, said that some countries fabricated false information to smear other countries in the name of human rights, severely violating the UN Charter and the principles of universality, impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity, constructive international dialogue and cooperation. 

"We call on relevant countries to stop fabricating false information and using human rights as a political tool," Jiang urged.

"We are also gravely concerned that a few special procedure mandate holders indiscriminately take unauthenticated information from western media and political groups to make groundless accusations against sovereign states," the joint statement continued.

The statement also expressed hope that relevant special procedure mandate holders will perform their duties in a fair and objective manner and respect the authoritative information provided by governments to avoid being used by those with ulterior motives.

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