North Korea Foreign Ministry lambasted the United Nations Human Rights Council for adopting “arbitrary” Western standards to attack its human rights situation. Criticising the UN human rights council, the foreign ministry said that the UN council’s adoption of human rights resolutions is against “particular countries” and it was against their rules of treating human rights issues in a “fair, equal” way, Republicworld reports quoting Yonhap news agency.
The statement by the foreign ministry came after the United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee approved a resolution condemning the human rights violations in North Korea for the 17th consecutive year.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry criticized the UN Human Rights Council and mentioned that it has become a place where they criticise “independent, developing nations under the arbitrary Western standard,” the Yonhap news agency reported citing the foreign ministry. The ministry in the statement claimed that the special rapporteurs on North Korea human rights conditions belong to the countries that do not follow Western values. Furthermore, the North Korean foreign ministry stated that the special rapporteurs are selected without having any discussions with the member states.