Faizel Patel, Radio Islam – 05-12-2019
North Korea has told the United Nations Security Council that it would consider any discussion of the country’s human rights situation a “serious provocation” and Pyongyang would “respond strongly.”
North Korea’s U.N. ambassador Kim Song delivered the warning in a letter.
Diplomats say several members of the 15-member council planned to request a meeting this month on human rights abuses in North Korea.
Radio Islam’s Asia Pacific correspondent Kiru Naidoo says North Korea has taken a very stern view when it interprets others countries as interfering in its internal affairs.
“Human rights issues are not internal affairs and wherever they occur, it’s the responsibility of not just individuals but also organized bodies like the United Nations Security Council to speak up.”
Naidoo in his Asia-Pacific report on Radio Islam on Thursday also touched on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announcing stimulus measures for his country and China responding to impending US legislation on Uighur Muslim minorities.
Listen to the Asia Pacific report with Kiru Naidoo
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