A U.N report outlining severe crimes against humanity committed by North-Korea was rejected by China at the United Nations Human Rights Council today.
A counsellor at China’s mission to Geneva, Chen Chuandong, told the UNHRC that the independent commission of inquiry set up by the council had made accusations and recommendations that were “divorced from reality.”
Responding to the Chinese rejection and expressing hope to see those responsible for the crimes face prosecution, the author of the report said,
A counsellor at China’s mission to Geneva, Chen Chuandong, told the UNHRC that the independent commission of inquiry set up by the council had made accusations and recommendations that were “divorced from reality.”
“The inability of the commission to get support and cooperation from the country concerned makes it impossible for the commission to carry out its mandate in an impartial objective, and effective manner,” Chuandong said.
Responding to the Chinese rejection and expressing hope to see those responsible for the crimes face prosecution, the author of the report said,
“I have lived long enough to see things that looked impossible come to full fruit.”
“The independence of East Timor, the independence of the Baltic states and other steps following the fall of the Berlin wall are all indications that things can happen that don’t look certain now. They won’t meet media deadlines but they will occur.”