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Wed, October 4, 2023 | 16:06
Foreign Affairs
UN adopts resolution for trial of NK leader
정부 "유엔 결의안, 北인권 국제사회 우려 반영"
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Choe Myong-nam, left, a North Korean official in charge of U.N. affairs and human rights, confers with his delegation during a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly human rights committee, Tuesday. / AP-Yonhap
Choe Myong-nam, left, a North Korean official in charge of U.N. affairs and human rights, confers with his delegation during a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly human rights committee, Tuesday. / AP-Yonhap

Seoul engages in balancing act


By Yi Whan-woo

The United Nations' adoption of a resolution against North Korea is forcing the government to perform a balancing act — joining international condemnation against the rogue state, while keeping open the possibility of dialogue with it.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Unification provided a nuanced response in the wake of the U.N.'s move, Wednesday (KST), to refer the regime in North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-un to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for state-perpetrated violations of human rights.

"We expect Pyongyang to improve its dire human rights record in accordance with this year's resolution," read a statement from the foreign ministry which also welcomed the U.N. General Assembly's request to the Security Council (UNSC) to refer Kim to the ICC in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Unification Ministry spokesman Lim Byeong-cheol said, "We are still ready to resume high-level inter-Korean talks as long as Pyongyang shows sincerity."

He referred to the halting of high-level talks between the two countries after their first meeting on Oct. 4.

Prior to the vote, North Korean official Choe Myong-nam, while at the U.N. General Assembly, threatened that more nuclear testing will be conducted by the repressive regime.

The resolution is not legally binding. But Pyongyang reacted more strongly than before because it contains a clause calling for Kim, who has been deified by the reclusive regime, to stand trial.

Yang Moo-jin at the University of North Korean Studies said the foreign ministry's welcoming statement was not prudent, since it could provoke Pyongyang and that the South is likely to take the brunt of whatever follows.

"As a member of the international community, it's important for us to join with the U.N. to improve North Korea's abysmal human rights conditions," he said.

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"However, it's also crucial for us to try to maintain a close relationship with Pyongyang for inter-Korean unification.

"It was unnecessary to use the word ‘welcome' to express our will to join the U.N.'s move. It's likely that inter-Korean relations will stagger for the time being."

Yang cited that Pyongyang accused the European Union and Japan, which drafted and submitted the motion condemning the North to the U.N., of showing "subservience and sycophancy" to the United States.

The EU and Japan first circulated a draft resolution on Oct. 9. The U.S. is one of the resolution's co-sponsors.

North Korea promised that there would "unpredictable and serious consequences" if the resolution went forward.

In a statement, the EU welcomed the support of 111 countries, including South Korea, who voted in favor of the motion. Nineteen countries including China, Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela, voted against, and 55 abstained.

"It is admirable that the member states of the U.N. are acting to protect the people of North Korea when their own government fails to do so," Michael Kirby, the head of a Commission of Inquiry on the North, said in an email to the Associated Press. Kirby added that he is confident the Security Council will "act responsibly."

It remains to be seen whether China and Russia, two of the five permanent UNSC members, will use their veto power to block any move against Pyongyang.

Meanwhile, the U.N.'s human rights committee voted down an amendment proposed by Cuba to prevent North Korea being accused of crimes against humanity.

It put forward a revised draft last week and stripped out the part that calls for referring Kim to the ICC.

Based on the U.N. COI's report released in February, the resolution holds North Korean leaders, including Kim, responsible for running political prison camps where up to 120,000 people are thought to be detained.

The U.N. General Assembly will take a vote in the coming weeks to decide whether to pursue the resolution.




정부 "유엔 결의안, 北인권 국제사회 우려 반영"

'북한 인권의 실질적 개선위해 국제사회와 적극 협력'

정부는 19일 유엔총회 제3위원회에서 이전보다 강화된 내용의 북한인권결의안이 채택된 것에 대해 '북한인권 상황이 심각하며 이런 상황을 개선하기 위해 유엔 북한인권 조사위원회(COI)의 권고를 철저히 이행해야 한다는 국제사회의 우려와 의지가 반영된 것으로 평가된다'고 밝혔다.

외교부는 이날 보도자료를 통해 '유럽연합(EU) 등이 제안하고 우리가 공동제안국으로 참여한 북한인권 결의에는 역대 최다인 60개 국가가 공동제안국으로 참여했다'면서 이같이 밝혔다.

임병철 통일부 대변인도 이날 정례 브리핑에서 '우리 정부는 인권은 인류보편적 가치 차원에서 접근할 문제라는 입장을 갖고 있다'며 '따라서 북한 주민의 인권이 실질적으로 개선될 수 있도록 국제사회의 북한인권논의에 적극적으로 동참하고 있다'고 말했다.

임 대변인은 '우리 정부는 유엔총회와 인권이사회 북한인권관련 결의를 지지해 왔으며 이번 유엔총회 제3위원회의 북한인권 결의안에도 공동제안국으로 참여했다'면서 '정부는 북한 인권의 실질적 개선을 위해서 국제사회와 적극 협력해나가도록 하겠다'고 밝혔다.

유엔총회 3위원회는 18일(현지시간) 북한의 인권 상황을 규탄하고 이에 대한 책임을 확보하기 위해 유엔 안전보장이사회가 국제형사재판소(ICC) 회부를 포함해 적절한 조치를 취할 것을 권고하는 내용의 북한인권결의안을 표결로 채택했다. (연합뉴스)
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