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Fair Settlement of Human Rights Issue Called for

KCNA

    Pyongyang, November 23 (KCNA) -- The DPRK will make every effort to defend the sovereignty of the country, guarantee the genuine rights of the people in every way and ensure impartiality and objectivity in solving the international human rights issues. A DPRK delegate said this at the meeting of the 3rd Committee of the 58th UN General Assembly on November 17 when it was discussing the agenda item 117 "Human Rights Issue."
    Clarifying the stance of the DPRK for a fair settlement of the human rights issue worldwide and the protection and promotion of the human rights, he said as follows:
    First. The DPRK regards it as the primary task to respect the state sovereignty and guarantee vital rights, etc.
    Second. It considers it particularly important for guaranteeing human rights to thoroughly reject the politicization of human rights, double standards and selectivity.
    Third. It is necessary to pay due attention to guaranteeing the right to development in order to fully solve the world human rights issue.
    Referring to a chain of organized terrorist acts perpetrated by the right-wing gangsters against the organizations of all levels under the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in its different parts at the tacit connivance and instigation of the government, he demanded Japan immediately stop the anti-Chongryon campaign.
    He said:
    It is serious human rights abuses to impose a unilateral view on value on other states and even force them to change their political system and way of life. It is imperative to pay attention to putting an end to the unilateral act of branding the countries pursuing independent politics as "violators of human rights."
    He underscored the need to give priority to the right to development, an inseparable factor of human rights, and take practical international measures to eradicate the poverty and write off the debts of the developing countries.
    The DPRK, a socialist state with the man-centered Juche idea as its guiding principle, considers it as a state policy to steadily promote the human rights of all the citizens in a responsible manner and its government has consistently maintained the stance of treasuring cooperation with the international community in the field of human rights, he said.