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| 2003-04-15 |
| Article from Chosun Ilbo April 15, 2003 http://english.chosun.com/ This is the way the South stands up to the North. Ain't it just great. Seoul to Skip Human Rights Vote by Kwon Dae-yeol (dykwon@chosun.com) Foreign Minister Yoon Young-kwan will be absent Wednesday when the United Nations Commission on Human Rights votes on a resolution to censure North Korea for its human rights violations. Yoon's decision indicates that Seoul will abstain from the vote. Yoon explained at the National Assembly's Unification, Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee that the situation on the Korean peninsula and the strategic implications of such a resolution must be considered. The resolution was submitted by the European Union on April 10. This is the first time a resolution on the North Korean human rights issue will be put to vote. |
| Posted by:Michael |
| #4 SK cowards. They will live to regret their lack of accountability regarding human rights violations in North Korea. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-15 13:43:49 |
| #3 I know most rantburg readers will LOVE this link. Check out Kim Jong Il's web diary: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kim_jong_il__ |
| Posted by: mjh 2003-04-15 13:23:08 |
| #2 Sounds like a kind of invertibrate strategy to me. Is FM Yoon Young-kwan working for SK or NK? The UNCHR is just a wuss org anyway, but a SK vote in favor of censure would at least send a message to Kimmie. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-15 12:13:16 |
| #1 This provides SK with a chance to go on official record as condoning human rights violations in NK. It has been unoffical policy for years and is truly sickening. |
| Posted by: JAB 2003-04-15 12:12:29 |