United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/167

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/167, titled "Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea", is a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly about the situation in North Korea, which was adopted on December 18, 2007 at the 62nd session of the General Assembly. In the resolution, the United Nations General Assembly expresses serious concern at the persistence of the systematic, widespread and grave violations of human rights in North Korea, urging the Government of North Korea to respect fully all human rights and fundamental freedoms.[1]

UN General Assembly
Resolution 62/167
Results of the United Nations General Assembly vote about the situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of the Korea.
  In favour
  Against
  Abstained
  Absent when the vote took place
  Non-UN member
Date18 December 2007
Meeting no.76th Plenary
CodeA/RES/62/167 (Document)
SubjectSituation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Voting summary
  • 101 voted for
  • 22 voted against
  • 59 abstained
  • 10 absent
ResultResolution adopted
Part of a series on
Human rights in North Korea
Human rights abuses
Political prisons (Kwanliso)
Re-education camps (Kyohwaso)
Abductions and POWs
International reactions

Voting
Vote[2] Quantity States
Approve 101 Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, North Macedonia, East Timor, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Tanzania, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu
Reject 22 Algeria, Belarus, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Egypt, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Lao People's Democratic Republic, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Russian Federation, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
Abstain 59 Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland (since 2018 renamed to Eswatini), Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia
Absent 10 Azerbaijan, Benin, Comoros, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mongolia, Seychelles, Tajikistan, Tunisia
Total 192 –

Controversy in South Korea

Former Foreign Minister Song Min-soon, in his memoir, has claimed that Seoul abstained from the vote on the UN resolution about North Korea's human rights situation after hearing Pyongyang's opinion.[3] His disclosure of the inappropriate communication provoked a huge controversy in South Korean politics.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2007". United Nations. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. "General Assembly Sixty-second session 76th plenary meeting". United Nations. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. "Controversy erupts over S. Korea's abstention from U.N. vote in 2007". Yonhap News. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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