UN Security Council to debate North Korea's human rights / YTN

Описание: The U.N. Security Council has officially adopted North Korea's human rights conditions as an agenda item for the first time.

During a plenary session of the top U.N. body on Monday, North Korea's allies, China and Russia, attempted to block the subject from being raised at the Council. However, other members overruled them, with 116 voting for and 20 against.

It opens the door to discuss alleged abuses in the isolated communist regime in a recent U.N. human rights inquiry published in February.

China and Russia, both permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, are expected to exercise their veto power against any resolution referring the North to the International Criminal Court.

But once an item appears on the Security Council'sagenda, it is customarily open for discussion at any point for three years, putting more pressure on the North.

In addition, the United Nations will set up an office in central Seoul in March to systematically investigate human rights violations taking place in the North.

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