[North Korea Human Rights] Raising the political costs for North Korea of non-compliance with the UN system

Raising the political costs for North Korea of non-compliance with the UN system

Joanna Hosaniak [Deputy Director General, Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights]

► Addressing the challenging landscape of human rights abuses committed in North Korea necessitates robust international collaboration, achievable by leveraging the totality of the mechanisms of the United Nations.

► As times change and North Korea becomes a serious threat contributing to conflicts and war crimes around the world, simply voting yes by South Korea is no longer sufficient.

► It is important to raise the political and economic costs of North Korea’s non-compliance with the foundations on which the UN system has been built. Merely focusing on non-proliferation and denuclearization policies without addressing the regime's reliance on massive human rights crimes for its economic survival will be policies that are again destined for failure.

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