The United Nations has adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights violations
for the 13th straight year.
As well as the usual stern words for the leadership in Pyongyang,... this year's resolution stressed
the need for the reunion of families which were separated after the Korean War.
Park Soyun reports.
The UN General Assembly has once again adopted a formal resolution condemning North Korea's
grave human rights abuses.
The UN has passed such resolutions every year now since 2005.
The agreement was reached by a consensus on Tuesday as no member country requested further
voting procedures.
North Korea's Ambassador to the UN, Ja Song-nam, slammed the assembly for holding the discussion
and adopting the resolution.
He said North Korea believes the resolution is illegal and is nothing more than an evil
conspiracy.
The envoy added Pyongyang strongly rejects the move and does not see the point of voting
on the resolution.
China and Russia's representatives expressed their opposition, but refrained from blocking
it.
The resolution includes an overall denouncement of North Korea's systematic human rights violations,
and stated torture, rape, public executions, collective punishment and forced labor, as
examples.
In particular, the resolution includes for the first time, a call for inter-Korean family
reunions to be held on a regular basis, as well as for proper procedures to be put in
place regarding detainees in North Korea.
The resolution, tabled by the EU and Japan, also won strong support from South Korea,
which agreed that the resolution should be adopted.
Watchers say the resolution reflects the international community's determination to help improve
the dire human rights situation in North Korea.
Park Soyun, Arirang News.
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