Overview
- Seoul is listed among 41 co-sponsors of the 2025 U.N. General Assembly measure condemning North Korea’s human rights violations.
- The draft is now before the General Assembly’s Third Committee and is expected to move to a plenary vote next month.
- The text condemns longstanding, systematic abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity and urges the closure of political prison camps with unconditional releases.
- A Foreign Ministry official said South Korea joined to pursue tangible improvements in the rights of North Koreans through international cooperation.
- The United States did not join as a sponsor this year, while South Korea maintains support that resumed in 2023 after a pause from 2019 to 2022 under Moon Jae-in.