United Nations
A/RES/69/188
General Assembly
Distr.: General
21 January 2015
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 68 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/488/Add.3)]
69/188. Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to promote and protect human
rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations that they have
undertaken under the various international instruments,
Recalling all previous resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the
Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the situation of
human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including Assembly
resolution 68/183 of 18 December 2013 and Council resolution 25/25 of 28 March
2014, 1 and mindful of the need for the international community to strengthen its
coordinated efforts aimed at achieving the implementation of those resolutions,
Deeply concerned at the grave human rights situation, the pervasive culture of
impunity and the lack of accountability for human rights violations in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Welcoming the report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 2 and expressing grave concern at the
detailed findings contained therein,
Noting the transmission of the report of the commission of inquiry to the
Security Council on 14 April 2014,
Recalling the responsibility of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to
protect its population from crimes against humanity,
Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights
Council on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea,3 regretting that he still has not been allowed to visit the country and that he
has received no cooperation from the authorities of the Democratic People’s
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1
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/69/53),
chap. II.
2
A/HRC/25/63.
3
A/69/548.
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