A UN special rapporteur investigating the human rights situation in North Korea said that there is a risk that some of the people will starve due to a shortage of domestic supplies due to North Korea's blockade of the border as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus. He called on both North Korea and the international community to take action to improve the situation.
While North Korea has strengthened missile development and repeatedly launched new missiles, it has closed its borders as an infection control measure since January last year, so it is said that there is a shortage of domestic supplies.
Under these circumstances, Mr. Quintana, a UN special rapporteur investigating the human rights situation in North Korea, said at a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York on the 22nd, "Despite the danger of the people's lives being destroyed, the country is in danger of collapsing. We continue to launch missiles. "
On top of that, he said, "North Korea has never been isolated as much as it is now, and the serious impact on the domestic human rights situation is spreading. I urge North Korea and the international community, "he said, calling on both North Korea and the international community to take action to improve the situation.
In addition, Mr. Quintana said that the sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council on North Korea, which continues to develop nuclear missiles, "should be reassessed in a pandemic," and the sanctions should be relaxed if necessary. Also expressed the idea that it should be considered.