North Korea Must be Held Accountable for its Abysmal Human Rights Record
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December 22, 2014 | USCIRF
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today welcomed the UN General Assembly’s passage on December 18 of a resolution that condemns North Korea’s “ongoing systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights” and transmits a UN report on these violations to the Security Council. The UN’s annual resolution on human rights in North Korea passed by a 116-20 vote, with 53 abstentions.











