Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea A/RES/74/166 determines that a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea national is a national of that Member State or a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea national’s repatriation is prohibited, subject to applicable national and international law, including international refugee law and international human rights law, the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations 18 and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 19 and urges the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to promote, respect and protect the human rights of workers, including workers repatriated to the Democratic People ’s Republic of Korea; (xii) Discrimination based on the songbun system, which classifies people on the basis of State-assigned social class and birth and also includes consideration of political opinions and religion; (xiii) Violence and discrimination against women, including unequal access to employment, discriminatory laws and regulations; (b) The continued refusal of the Government of the Democratic People ’s Republic of Korea to extend an invitation to the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or to extend cooperation to the Special Rapporteur and several other United Nations special procedures, in accordance with their terms of reference, as well as to other United Nations human rights mechanisms; (c) The continued lack of acknowledgement by the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of the grave human rights situation in the country and its consequential lack of action to report on the state of implementation of the recommendations contained in the outcome of its first 20 and second 21 universal periodic reviews and to give consideration to the concluding observations of the treaty bodies; 3. Condemns the systematic abduction, denial of repatriation and subsequent enforced disappearance of persons, including those from other countries, on a large scale and as a matter of State policy, and in this regard strongly calls upon the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea urgently to resolve these issues of international concern, in a transparent manner, including by ensuring the immediate return of abductees; 4. Underscores its very serious concern regarding reports of torture, summary executions, arbitrary detention, abductions and other forms of human rights violations and abuses that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea commits against citizens of other countries within and outside of its territory; 5. Expresses its very deep concern at the precarious humanitarian situation in the country, which could rapidly deteriorate owi ng to limited resilience to natural disasters and to government policies causing limitations in the availability of and access to adequate food, compounded by structural weaknesses in agricultural production resulting in significant shortages of diversifie d food and the State restrictions on the cultivation of and trade in foodstuffs, as well as the prevalence of chronic and acute malnutrition, particularly among the most vulnerable groups, pregnant and lactating women, children, persons with disabilities, older persons and prisoners, including political prisoners, exacerbated due to lack of access to basic services, including health care as well as water, sanitation and hygiene services, and __________________ 18 19 20 21 19-22298 See resolution 169 (II). Resolution 22 A (I). A/HRC/13/13. A/HRC/27/10. 7/11