<h2>Seoul&#8217;s New UN Ambassador urges South Korea to co-sponsor North Korea human rights resolution</h2>
<p>NEW YORK-Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook, Seoul&#8217;s new Ambassador to the United Nations has stressed the need for South Korea to co-sponsor an annual resolution to name and shame North Korea for its human rights violations and equally urge the regime to ameliorate the situation</p>
<p>He made this known speaking in interview with Yonhap News Agency on last Sunday</p>
<p>According to Hwang, the North Korean human rights is a &#8220;very important issue in terms of safeguarding universal values.&#8221;</p>
<p>He furthered: &#8220;For the past few years, we have been clearly passive in addressing the resolution on North Korean human rights &#8230; this has to return to normal,&#8221;.</p>
<p>The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has vehemently criticized human rights violations by the North Korea for the 20th consecutive year since 2003 as it espoused a resolution.</p>
<p>However, South Korea is yet partake as a co-sponsor of the resolution since 2019 despite efforts to circumvent tensions with the North and resume inter-Korean dialogue under the erstwhile liberal government.</p>
<p>The Seoul&#8217;s new UN Ambassador likely intends to co-sponsor the resolution as early as next year since he was appointment as the first ambassador to the UN under the conventional Yoon Suk-yeol administration in July.</p>
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