UN human rights treaty bodies face funding shortfalls

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) addresses the 12th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 11, 2019. The acting chair of Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities said on Tuesday that due to cash flow difficulties United Nations is facing, sessions of six of the ten UN human rights treaty bodies will be cancelled. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)