China, EU highlight rights of persons with disabilities at UN Human Rights Council

Photo taken on Feb. 26, 2019 shows general view of a meeting titled "Leave no one behind: the key role of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities," a side event to the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in Geneva, Switzerland. For the first time within the UNHRC framework, China and the European Union co-hosted the meeting on the sidelines of the ongoing UNHRC's 40th session. China attaches great importance to undertakings for persons with disabilities, and will not leave behind a single one of them while building a moderately prosperous society, a senior Chinese diplomat said at the meeting on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)