GENEVA—The United States, Britain, and other countries on June 2 called for the International Labour Organization (ILO) to set up a mission to probe alleged labor abuses in China’s Xinjiang and urged Beijing to allow unfettered access.
A committee at the U.N. agency is addressing China’s compliance with global labor standards after describing its practices in the western region of Xinjiang as discriminatory in February, ILO documents showed.
The June 2 meeting comes just days after the end of a trip by U.N. High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet to Xinjiang that has been widely criticized by both civil society and U.N. member states including the United States….