Der Human Rights Council der UNO hat das Mandat für Nordkorea um ein Jahr verlängert. Die Entscheidung wurde mit 30 Stimmen angenommen, bei 6 Neinstimmen und 11 Enthaltungen.
"In a resolution (A/HRC/25/L.17), on the human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, adopted by a vote of 30 in favour, 6 against and 11 abstentions, the Council decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur of the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for a period of one year; requests the Special Rapporteur to submit regular reports to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on the implementation of his mandate; condemns in the strongest terms the widespread and gross human rights violations and other human rights abuses in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and expresses its grave concern regarding the detailed findings in the report of the Commission of Inquiry; acknowledges and is deeply troubled by the Commission’s finding that the body of testimony gathered and the information received provided reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, pursuant to policies established at the highest level of the State for decades; strongly urges all States to respect the fundamental principle of non-refoulement and to treat humanely those who seek refuge; calls upon all concerned parties, including United Nations bodies, to consider implementation of the recommendations in the report in order to address the dire human rights situation; and decides to transmit all reports of the Special Rapporteur to all relevant bodies of the United Nations and the Secretary-General for appropriate action.
The result of the vote was as follows:
In favour (30): Argentina, Austria, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, Sierra Leone, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States of America.
Against (6): China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Venezuela and Viet Nam.
Abstentions (11): Algeria, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. "
Spiegel-Online schreibt: " Nordkoreas Uno-Botschafter: Ausraster vor dem Menschenrechtsrat"
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/un...61311.html
Der Beitrag des nordkoreanischen Botschafters wird im Protokoll so widergegeben:"Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, speaking as the concerned country, said it categorically and resolutely rejected the draft resolution submitted by the European Union and Japan. It was widely known that the United States had not recognized the sovereignty of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since its inception and continued to pursue anachronistic hostile policies towards it. The European Union had enforced the adoption of resolutions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea every year since 2003 by siding with the United States, which labelled the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as part of its “axis of evil”. Japan had participated in those futile attempts and played cheap tricks in order to cover up its past crimes against humanity. The United States, Japan and the European Union were not qualified to speak about the human rights situations of other countries, because they in the past had committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide; a bloody history which they were now trying to cover up. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea had a proverb - ‘mind your own business’ - which meant that one needed to see his or her face in the mirror to check how nasty it was before talking about others. The continuing adoption of country-specific resolutions made a mockery of the Human Rights Council and was an insult to the international community. The people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea were proud of having the world’s best socialist system that considered human beings to be the most precious resource in the world and placed everything in their service. It would continue to safeguard its ideology and socialist system and make every effort to faithfully fulfil its obligations in the international human rights area. "
http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages...5&LangID=E
