The Commission on Human Rights concluded at an extended meeting this afternoon its annual consideration of economic, social and cultural rights, hearing from a long series of non-governmental organizations contending, among other things, that international financial institutions were not acting in the best interests of the poor nations and people. A Representative of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions said the external debt of many poor countries and the arrangements made for servicing it had strangled the growth and sustainable development prospects of developing countries. The international financial institutions…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 07 April 2003. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
