The nations of the world must immediately dismantle "systemic racism" against blacks and pay them reparations while granting government funding and support to groups such as Black Lives Matter, declared the United Nation's human-rights chief.

In her 23-page report, Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said "the status quo is untenable."

"Systemic racism needs a systemic response. There needs to be a comprehensive rather than a piecemeal approach to dismantling systems entrenched in centuries of discrimination and violence," she said.

"We need a transformative approach that tackles the interconnected areas that drive racism, and lead to repeated, wholly avoidable, tragedies like the death of George Floyd,"   MORE