UNITED NATIONS: China opposes a planned United Nations Security Council meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea because it will only 'intensify confrontation and antagonism', a spokesperson for China's UN mission in New York said on Monday (Aug 14). The United States, Albania and Japan requested the
UNITED NATIONS: China opposes a planned United Nations Security Council meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea because it will only"intensify confrontation and antagonism", a spokesperson for China's UN mission in New York said on Monday .
"China sees no added value for the council to have such a meeting and will be against it," said China's UN mission spokesperson, adding that the council's mandate was"maintenance of international peace and security, not human rights". North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an increase in missile production to help secure"overwhelming military power" and be ready for war, state media KCNA said on Monday, as South Korea and the United States gear up for annual military drills.
North Korea has repeatedly rejected accusations of abuses and blames sanctions for a dire humanitarian situation. Since 2006 it has been under UN sanctions over its ballistic missiles and nuclear programmes, but there are aid exemptions.
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