A/RES/69/188
Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea, and taking note also of the comprehensive report of the
Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea submitted in accordance with resolution 68/183,4
Mindful that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a party to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,5 the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,5 the Convention on the Rights of the Child6
and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women,7 and recalling the concluding observations of the treaty bodies under the
four treaties,
Noting with appreciation the signature of the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities8 and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights
of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography9 by the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, encouraging the Government of the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to take speedy steps to ratify the
Convention and the Optional Protocol, and urging the Government to fully respect
the rights of persons with disabilities and children,
Acknowledging the participation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
in the second universal periodic review process, noting the acceptance by the
Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of 113 out of the 268
recommendations contained in the outcome of the review 10 and its stated
commitment to implement them and look into the possibility of implementing a
further 58 recommendations, and emphasizing the importance of the implementation
of the recommendations in order to address the grave human rights violations in the
country,
Noting with appreciation the collaboration established between the
Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United Nations
Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization in order to improve the health
situation in the country, and the collaboration established with the United Nations
Children’s Fund in order to improve the quality of education for children,
Noting the decision on the resumption, on a modest scale, of the activities of
the United Nations Development Programme in the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea, and encouraging the engagement of the Government of the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea with the international community to ensure that the
programmes benefit the persons in need of assistance,
Noting also the cooperation between the Government of the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea and the World Food Programme, the United Nations
Children’s Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
on food security assessments, underscoring the importance of those assessments in
analysing changes in the national, household and individual food security and
nutritional situation and thereby in supporting donor confidence in the targeting of
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4
A/69/639.
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
6
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
7
Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.
8
Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910.
9
Ibid., vol. 2171, No. 27531.
10
A/HRC/27/10.
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