UN council to meet on North Korea abuses

AFP, UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will hold a meeting this month to discuss human rights violations in North Korea, only the second such session, the US mission to the United Nations said Thursday.
Nine Security Council members including Britain, France and the United States called for the meeting in a letter addressed to this month’s council president US Ambassador Samantha Power, ramping up the pressure on the highly secretive state.
“We believe it is critical for the council to continue to shine a light on the abuses in North Korea and speak regularly about the DPRK’s human rights situation—and what we can do to change it—for as long as the crimes committed there persist,” Power said.
US mission spokeswoman Hagar Chemali said the United States would work quickly to schedule the meeting.

 

UN council to meet on North Korea abuses

AFP, UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will hold a meeting this month to discuss human rights violations in North Korea, only the second such session, the US mission to the United Nations said Thursday. Nine Security Council members including Britain, France and the United States called for the meeting in a letter addressed to this months council president US Ambassador Samantha Power, ramping up the pressure on the highly secretive state. We believe it is critical for the council to continue to shine a light on the abuses in North Korea and speak regularly about the DPRKs human rights situationand what we can do to change itfor as long as the crimes committed there persist, Power said. US mission spokeswoman Hagar Chemali said the United States would work quickly to schedule the meeting.