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A resolution to be submitted to the UN General Assembly by the 25 member states of the EU demands urgent reforms to the way North Korea treats its own people. The draft resolution, exclusively obtained by the Chosun Ilbo, expressed serious concern about North Korea¡¯s rejection of UN humanitarian deliveries from the end of the year and urges the North to give humanitarian groups full access to the country so they can monitor much-needed aid.
An EU delegation insider said the resolution, the first on North Korea¡¯s human rights problem to go before the General Assembly, will be submitted by the end of this month and be put to a vote in the middle of next month. The EU has sponsored three resolutions on the subject in the UN Human Rights Commission.
The draft lashes the reclusive country for blocking the activities of international relief groups including the UN World Food Program and demands Pyongyang give them free and safe access to every part of the country.
It calls for an end to human rights violations such as torture and illegal detention, singling out the brutal treatment of defectors who are caught or repatriated. It chastises the Stalinist country for its failure to abide by the UNHRC resolutions over the past three years and urges it to cooperate fully with the UN special rapporteur on North Korean human rights.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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