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Last night, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a North Korean human rights resolution condemning North Korean human rights violations and crimes against human rights.
The United States has been listed on the list of co-sponsors after 3 years, but Korea has not participated as a co-sponsored country for the third year.
The first news Reporter Han Se-hyun reports.
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North Korea's human rights resolution was resolved in a consensual manner without a vote at the 46th meeting held at the United Nations Geneva office.
It has been adopted for 19 consecutive years from 2003 to this year.
As such, it can be interpreted as meaning that there is a lot of negative public opinion from the international community on the human rights situation in North Korea.
The resolution stated that "I strongly condemn the institutional, widespread, and grave human rights abuses that have been committed in North Korea for a long time and continue to this day."
In particular, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, it urged international organizations to allow employees to enter and import materials to support the vulnerable, and also demanded that people refrain from using force at the border and allow humanitarian aid organizations to engage in activities.
It also mentioned the urgency and importance of the issue of separated families, and was the first to address concerns over human rights violations by unrepatriated prisoners of war and their descendants.
Korea did not participate in the joint proposal of this resolution.
This is the third time that Korea has been left out of the co-sponsoring country after 2019 and last year.
On the other hand, the United States, which left the United Nations Human Rights Council at the time of the Trump administration, was again listed as a co-proposer after three years.
Responding to this, Dae-Sung Han, the North Korean delegation of Joseoneva, said, "The resolution has nothing to do with the real promotion and protection of human rights," and "rejects it."