North Korea yesterday rejected a UN resolution on its human rights violations as a product of the hostile policy by the US seeking to topple its socialist regime.
A UN General Assembly committee on Thursday adopted by a record majority a resolution condemning “systematic, widespread and gross” human rights violations in the Stalinist state.
For the second consecutive year, it encourages the UN Security Council to consider referring Pyongyang to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, a move that is likely to be blocked by the North’s closest ally, China, which has veto power in the council.
“We categorically reject ‘the human rights resolution,’ a vivid expression of the US’ hostile policy toward the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] and a typical example of politicization of human rights ... and double standards, as it is a serious politically-motivated provocative document,” a North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman was quoted as saying by the North’s official KCNA news agency.
The move proved the “absurdity of ‘the human rights campaign’ of the hostile forces including the US, which is aimed at overturning the social system in the DPRK,” he said.
He stressed ongoing chaos and bloodshed in the Middle East came as the countries in the region failed to fend off outside interference being made “under the pretexts of human rights and democracy.”
“The miserable situation in several regions of the world eloquently proves that human rights precisely mean sovereignty, and it is quite right for the DPRK to respond to any plot to overthrow the socialist system in the DPRK with a tough stand,” the official said.
“Now that the UN is being abused as a theater for hurling slander at the DPRK under the manipulation of the US and the West, the DPRK is to take corresponding measures,” the spokesperson said, without elaborating.
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