A/RES/80/220 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 22 December 2025 Eightieth session Agenda item 71 (c) Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2025 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/80/545, para. 5)] 80/220. Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The General Assembly, Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to respect, protect and fulfil 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 79/181 of 17 December 2024 and Council resolution 58/17 of 3 April 2025, 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 and abuses in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Reiterating the importance of following up on the recommendations contained in the report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 2 and reiterating also its grave concern at the detailed findings contained therein and the fact that the majority of the 19 recommendations made by the commission of inquiry to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have not _______________ 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Eightieth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/80/53), chap. V, sect. A. 2 A/HRC/25/63. 25-20980 (E) *2520980*