Allow me to quote from the letter he sent last week to all UN staff: "The position of the United Nations on racism is crystal clear: this scourge violates the United Nations Charter and debases our core values."
The Human Rights Council meets as marches for racial justice and equality fill the streets of cities and towns around the world.
I have even become numb, to the extent that one has forgotten how to feel the injustice of racial slurs and my human right to live a life of dignity and respect.
Let us turn the page of history today by making this a turning point when we agree that all humans have the right to thrive with dignity and freedom from racism and discrimination in all its forms.
The United Nations, its leadership and staff, stands with all those who are pursuing the end of the scourge of racism in all its forms.
