Kyu-Duk Noh, Head of Peace Bargaining Headquarters on the Korean Peninsula▶ Click here for a larger view
On the morning of the morning of the 25th, Noh Gyu-deok, head of the Korean Peninsula Peace Bargaining Headquarters, held a video consultation with Seong Kim, Assistant Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific, on the North Korean nuclear and North Korean issues.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two sides evaluated the close cooperation and cooperation in the process of reviewing the US policy toward North Korea, and exchanged opinions on cooperation measures between the two countries to bring progress toward denuclearization and permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.
The two sides agreed to continue intensive consultations at each level in the future, including the process of reviewing the US policy toward North Korea.
It seems that the two sides also exchanged opinions on how to deal with North Korean human rights resolutions, which will be addressed by the 46th UN Human Rights Council.
The former US administration, Donald Trump, did not pay much attention to human rights in North Korea and did not participate in the North Korean human rights resolutions adopted by the human rights councils in 2019 and 2020, but the Joe Biden administration has expressed its stance that it will focus on North Korean human rights issues.
US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln said in a video address to the Human Rights Council on the 24th (local time), “Continuing human rights violations in Syria and North Korea, Sri Lanka’s lack of responsibility for past atrocities, and the need for further investigation into the situation in South Sudan. “I urge the Human Rights Council to support resolutions addressing issues of concern around the world, including those in this session.”
From the perspective of the South Korean government, which aims to resume dialogue with the United States as soon as possible, the situation in which North America collides over human rights issues is inevitably burdensome. Therefore, it is expected that the US will closely consult with the US on how to deal with North Korean human rights resolutions.
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