Poverty reduction a key to promotion of human rights: diplomats

Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko (C in back), permanent representative of South Africa to the UN office at Geneva, speaks on the sidelines of the UN session, which was titled "The Eradication of Poverty and the Promotion, Protection and Fulfillment of All Human Rights, Including the Right to Development" in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept. 13, 2018. Senior diplomats from several countries on Thursday stressed the importance of poverty reduction in protection and promotion of human rights in Geneva during the 39th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)