A/RES/65/225
Recalling its resolutions 60/173 of 16 December 2005, 61/174 of 19 December
2006, 62/167 of 18 December 2007, 63/190 of 18 December 2008 and 64/175 of
18 December 2009, Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2003/10 of 16 April
2003, 4 2004/13 of 15 April 2004 5 and 2005/11 of 14 April 2005, 6 Human Rights
Council decision 1/102 of 30 June 2006 7 and Council resolutions 7/15 of 27 March
2008, 8 10/16 of 26 March 2009 9 and 13/14 of 25 March 2010, 10 and mindful of the
need for the international community to strengthen its coordinated efforts aimed at
achieving the implementation of those resolutions,
Noting that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea did agree to a survey
of the food situation by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations and the World Food Programme,
Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 11 regretting that he still has not
been allowed to visit the country and that he received no cooperation from the
authorities of the Democratic People’s 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 64/175, 12
Noting the importance of the inter-Korean dialogue, which could contribute to
the improvement of the human rights and humanitarian situation in the country,
Taking note with appreciation of the recent reunion of separated families
across the border, which is an urgent humanitarian concern of the entire Korean
people, and hoping that necessary arrangements for further reunions on a larger
scale and a regular basis will be made as early as possible between the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea,
1.
Expresses its very serious concern at:
(a) The persistence of continuing reports of systematic, widespread and
grave violations of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including:
(i) Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
including inhuman conditions of detention, public executions, extrajudicial
and arbitrary detention; the absence of due process and the rule of law,
including fair trial guarantees and an independent judiciary; the imposition of
the death penalty for political and religious reasons; collective punishments;
and the existence of a large number of prison camps and the extensive use of
forced labour;
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4
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No. 3 (E/2003/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
5
Ibid., 2004, Supplement No. 3 (E/2004/23), chap. II, sect. A.
6
Ibid., 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/2005/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
7
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/61/53), chap. II,
sect. B.
8
Ibid., Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. II.
9
Ibid., Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/64/53), chap. II, sect. A.
10
Ibid., Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 53 and corrigendum (A/65/53 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.
11
See A/65/364.
12
A/65/391.
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