A UN expert on Friday warned of the threat to human rights posed by growing economic inequality between the North and South, in a meeting at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council.

The independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, George Katrougalos , stated that “structural inequities remain embedded in the global order,” such as “asymmetries in trade, finance, technology and governance.” He further said that “[w]ithout systemic reforms, the promise of multipolarity risks being undermined by fragmentation.”

The remarks follow the release of a UN report assessing the “impact of current geopolitical trends on the North-South divide.” The analysis pointed to the role of the US as a factor in widening global inequality, including the imp

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