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N. Korea slams U.N. resolution on its human rights as 'fabrication'
SEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday rejected the latest U.N. resolution condemning human rights abuses in the communist country as "peppered with lies and fabrications" by Western countries and Japan.
The U.N. Commission on Human Rights last week adopted the resolution, led by the
European Union and Japan, to demand Pyongyang allow entry of a U.N. special
rapporteur.
"The DPRK, as it did in the past, resolutely and categorically rejects such
'resolution' cooked up by the charlatans," a spokesman for the North's Foreign
Ministry said in an interview with the Korean Central News Agency. DPRK stands
for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name.
The unnamed spokesman said the resolution was part of political maneuvers
"peppered with lies and fabrications" by the EU and Japan.
The resolution was approved by a vote of 26-6 with 15 abstentions at a commission
meeting at U.N. headquarters in Geneva on Thursday. South Korea co-sponsored the
resolution, while China and Russia voted against it.
The North's spokesman did not mention South Korea, which under previous liberal
governments mostly abstained from the vote for fear of damaging political
relations with Pyongyang.
He accused the Western countries of applying dual standards for "their master,"
the United States, citing human rights abuses by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Accusing the U.N. special rapporteur system as "outdated, biased and
confrontation-minded," the spokesman hinted that North Korea will continue to
reject entry by the U.N. special rapporteur from Thailand, Vitit Muntarbhorn.
Since his appointment by the U.N. in 2005, Muntarbhorn has never been allowed to
travel to the communist country.
Turning to Japan, the spokesman dubbed the country a "shock brigade" that
engineered the resolution to "cover up its hideous human rights abuses" during
Japan's colonial occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.
"It is a daydream to do harm to the DPRK's sovereignty through plot-breeding and
pressure," the spokesman said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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The U.N. Commission on Human Rights last week adopted the resolution, led by the
European Union and Japan, to demand Pyongyang allow entry of a U.N. special
rapporteur.
"The DPRK, as it did in the past, resolutely and categorically rejects such
'resolution' cooked up by the charlatans," a spokesman for the North's Foreign
Ministry said in an interview with the Korean Central News Agency. DPRK stands
for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name.
The unnamed spokesman said the resolution was part of political maneuvers
"peppered with lies and fabrications" by the EU and Japan.
The resolution was approved by a vote of 26-6 with 15 abstentions at a commission
meeting at U.N. headquarters in Geneva on Thursday. South Korea co-sponsored the
resolution, while China and Russia voted against it.
The North's spokesman did not mention South Korea, which under previous liberal
governments mostly abstained from the vote for fear of damaging political
relations with Pyongyang.
He accused the Western countries of applying dual standards for "their master,"
the United States, citing human rights abuses by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Accusing the U.N. special rapporteur system as "outdated, biased and
confrontation-minded," the spokesman hinted that North Korea will continue to
reject entry by the U.N. special rapporteur from Thailand, Vitit Muntarbhorn.
Since his appointment by the U.N. in 2005, Muntarbhorn has never been allowed to
travel to the communist country.
Turning to Japan, the spokesman dubbed the country a "shock brigade" that
engineered the resolution to "cover up its hideous human rights abuses" during
Japan's colonial occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.
"It is a daydream to do harm to the DPRK's sovereignty through plot-breeding and
pressure," the spokesman said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
(END)
