
Government participates as a co-sponsor of the UN General Assembly resolution on North Korean human rights for five consecutive years
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South Korea participated as a co-sponsor of the resolution between 2008 and 2018, but did not participate during the Moon Jae-in administration from 2019 to 2021, considering the impact on inter-Korean relations. Since 2022, when the Yoon Seok-yeol government was launched, it has participated as a joint proposal country every year.
For five consecutive years, the government participated as a co-sponsor of the UN General Assembly resolution on North Korean human rights.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 5th, "We believe that it is important to substantially improve the human rights of North Korean residents, and to this end, we participated as a co-sponsor in this resolution on North Korean human rights in order to continue cooperation with the international community."
The resolution on North Korean human rights proposed by the European Union (EU) is expected to be adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on the 18th to 19th.
This resolution, proposed by South Korea, included content such as emphasizing the importance of dialogue and engagement with North Korea, including inter-Korean dialogue, urging progress on humanitarian issues such as abductees, detainees, South Korean military prisoners, and separated families, and encouraging North Korea's involvement in the UN human rights field.
The United Nations adopts North Korean human rights resolutions at the Human Rights Council in the first half of each year and the General Assembly in the second half of each year.
South Korea participated as a co-sponsor of the resolution from 2008 to 2018, but did not participate during the Moon Jae-in administration from 2019 to 2021, considering the impact on inter-Korean relations. Since 2022, when the Yoon Seok-yeol government was launched, it has participated as a joint proposal country every year.
After the inauguration of the Lee Jae-myung administration, considering the resumption of dialogue with North Korea and the building of trust between North and South Korea, non-participation as a co-sponsor of the North Korean human rights resolution was considered, but the government participated again this time following the UN General Assembly last year and the Human Rights Council resolution in the first half of this year.
In particular, ahead of the adoption of the Human Rights Council resolution in the first half of this year, Unification Minister Chung Dong-young publicly insisted on non-participation by the co-sponsoring countries, but the government is known to have judged that it must respond in principle given that human rights are a universal human value.
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The North Korean human rights resolution will be adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on the 18th to 19th.
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