{"id":11478,"date":"2023-11-16T21:01:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/un-committee-passes-resolution-condemning-north-korean-human-rights-abuses-for-19th-year-in-a-row\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T21:01:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:31:14","slug":"un-committee-passes-resolution-condemning-north-korean-human-rights-abuses-for-19th-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/un-committee-passes-resolution-condemning-north-korean-human-rights-abuses-for-19th-year-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"UN committee passes resolution condemning North Korean human rights abuses for 19th year in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A United Nations committee has passed a resolution condemning North Korean human rights abuses for the 19th year in a row.<\/p>\n

The Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution Wednesday calling on member nations not to forcibly repatriate political refugees to countries with human rights concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The resolution also encourages the U.N. Security Council to consider referring North Korean human rights abuses to the International Criminal Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Pyongyang, North Korea.<\/span> (Russian FMA Telegram Channel \/ Handout\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The resolution condemns “in the strongest terms the long-standing and ongoing systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights” perpetrated by North Korea.<\/p>\n

North Korean Ambassador to the U.N. Kim Song reacted harshly to the U.N. committee’s decision, characterizing it as a piece of anti-North Korean propaganda.<\/p>\n

“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) categorically denied the draft resolution on the human rights situation in the DPRK submitted by the EU … as an anti-DPRK political plot,” said Kim, according to Yonhap News Agency.<\/p>\n

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Kim Song, chair of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly in New York.<\/span> (Jeenah Moon\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Kim called the resolution a “fraudulent document consistent with falsehood, fabrication and plot.”<\/p>\n

This is the 19th year in a row that such a resolution has been passed by U.N. countries, bringing into question the efficacy of such motions.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the resolution was well-received by the South Korean delegation to the U.N.<\/p>\n

“Our government welcomes the adoption of the resolution by consensus at the Third Committee of the 78th U.N. General Assembly, with 62 countries, including South Korea, participating as co-sponsors,” South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lim Soo-suk said.<\/p>\n

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South Korea last month said it expressed its concerns to the People’s Republic of China after assessing that the communist nation recently returned a “large number” of North Koreans, including escapees, back to their homeland.<\/p>\n

“It appears to be true that a large number of North Koreans were repatriated to North Korea from China\u2019s three northeastern provinces,” “It appears to be true that a large number of North Koreans were repatriated to North Korea from China\u2019s three northeastern provinces,” Koo Byoungsam, spokesperson of South Korea\u2019s Unification Ministry, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added, “[Our] government\u2019s position is that there should be no circumstances in which North Koreans living abroad would be forcibly repatriated back home against their will.”<\/p>\n

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Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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