North Korea, China, and Russia formed’Friends to protect the United Nations’… Build a defense against human rights pressures

A screen shot of the 46th UN Human Rights Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium on February 22, and the background is the website of the UN Human Rights Council. [CC-TV 캡처]

At the 46th UN Human Rights Council held on the 9th (local time), 15 countries including North Korea, China, and Russia called for immediate cancellation, saying that unilateral compulsory measures of some Western countries severely infringe their human rights. -TV) reported on the 10th.
On the 11th (local time), Reuters News of the United Kingdom announced a proposal for the’Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations (Friends)’ in which 16 countries including North Korea, China, and Russia participated. concept note). It is interpreted as trying to form a defensive alliance when the US held the first quad (US, Japan, Australia, and Injo) summit to strengthen pressure on human rights violations such as China.

The founding member states of’Friends’ reported by Reuters are with 16 countries including Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cuba, Eritrea, Laos, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria and Venezuela, including China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. It is Palestine. China, which has united four times as many forces as the Quad, said in its initiative, “The world is witnessing a growing dependence on unilateralism characterized by isolation and arbitrary actions.” This includes impositions, historical agreements, and withdrawal from multilateral organizations, as well as attempts to hinder efforts to resolve common and global issues.” This phrase is aimed at the unilateral diplomacy of the Trump administration in the United States.
CC-TV reports are also in line. CC-TV shared a statement that “unilateral coercion is a violation of international law, and the sanctioned state was hampered by state sovereignty and interference in internal affairs, resulting in damage to the welfare of the people and infringing on basic human rights.” “Amid the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the relevant countries continued to enforce unilateral measures, and effective quarantine was severely hindered, and the citizens’ legal rights such as medical and vaccine acquisition were deprived. It urged us to cancel the unilateral compulsory measures and to cancel measures that adversely affect human rights.”
However, the claim of’Friends’ is an evaluation that it is not persuasive. A high-ranking European diplomat who requested anonymity said to Reuters, “The so-called’friends’ are mostly countries where they have violated the UN Charter.”
Ju Jae-woo, a professor at Kyung Hee University’s Department of Chinese Studies, said, “They criticized the US government’s unilateralism through the proposal, but they are not convincing as they arbitrarily interpret the concept of sovereignty in the UN Charter.
China is in a position to respond to human rights pressures such as condemning Western Xinjiang Uyghur reeducation camps, using cards from developing countries. In June 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at the Central Foreign Affairs Council, “the vast developing countries are natural allies in China’s international affairs.” “Let’s write the text well”, he ordered the strengthening of diplomacy in developing countries.
Beijing = correspondent Shin Kyungjin [email protected]