A North Korea human rights resolution, in which the Korean government participated as a co-sponsor, was adopted by the U.N. Human Rights Council.
According to the Korean Permanent Mission to Geneva on the 30th (local time), the Human Rights Council adopted the North Korea human rights resolution by consensus without a vote at its 61st session that day. A total of 50 countries, including Korea, participated as co-sponsors of the resolution.
The resolution is known to include content condemning North Korea's systematic and widespread human rights violations and crimes against humanity, and urging the implementation of existing North Korea human rights resolutions by bodies such as the U.N. General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.
It also emphasizes freedom of movement and freedom of expression, and includes humanitarian issues such as urging the immediate repatriation of abductees and the resumption of reunions of separated families. It also welcomes North Korea's participation in the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
The U.N. Human Rights Council's North Korea human rights resolution has been adopted for 24 consecutive years since the days of the Human Rights Commission in 2003. Korea participated as a co-sponsor from 2008 to 2018 but did not take part starting in 2019 under Moon Jae-in, and returned as a co-sponsor in 2023 under Yoon Suk-yeol.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it "notes that the Human Rights Council is assessing efforts by the North Korean side and emphasizing the importance of dialogue to improve human rights in North Korea, including inter-Korean dialogue."