Overview
- The General Assembly’s Third Committee approved the resolution by consensus, with South Korea listed from the outset and the United States adding its co-sponsorship during the session.
- The text condemns longstanding, systematic human rights violations in North Korea, including acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, and faults the regime for diverting resources to weapons programs over public welfare.
- The resolution urges Pyongyang to close political prison camps and to release all political prisoners unconditionally.
- It calls for renewed engagement, including inter-Korean dialogue, and urges the return of diplomatic missions, U.N. agencies and civil society groups as borders reopen.
- China and Russia dissociated from the consensus, and North Korea’s U.N. ambassador rejected the document as politically motivated.