U.S., Albania, Japan and South Korea stated Thursday they requested a UN Security Council assembly subsequent week to debate the human rights state of affairs in North Korea, a transfer that’s more likely to face opposition from Russia and China.
The assembly which might happen Aug. 17, would be the first open briefing on the human rights state of affairs in North Korea since 2017.
The Council will obtain a briefing from the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in North Korea Elizabeth Salmon, and a civil society briefer, in response to a joint assertion delivered by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. envoy to the UN on behalf of Albania, Japan, South Korea and the U.S.
“Protecting people around the world is an integral part of the UN Charter and an important responsibility of the Security Council. And that means holding the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) regime accountable for its human rights abuses and violations,” it stated.
“The Council must address the horrors, the abuses, and crimes being perpetrated daily by the Kim (Jong Un) regime against its own citizens-and people from other Member States, including Japan and Republic of Korea,” it added.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
