If human rights shelved in N.Korea talks, UN expert warns: look at Myanmar - ReutersUNITED NATIONS - 24 October 2018: A United Nations investigator voiced concern about human rights being sidelined during U.S. and South Korean talks with North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, warning on Tuesday: look at what happened in Myanmar.Tomas Ojea Quintana is the U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea, who reports on the rights situation to the U.N. General Assembly and the Geneva-based Human Rights Council. The Myanmar military has denied such accusations. "Japan and the European Union are again drafting an annual General Assembly resolution that traditionally condemns North Korea human rights abuses. North Korea has repeatedly rejected accusations of rights abuses.North Korea's U.N. mission said in a statement on Monday that the General Assembly resolution politicizes human rights. "The human rights issue is found in Western countries where the misanthropy and abnormal way of life are rampant," the statement said.

Source: Egypt Today October 23, 2018 23:03 UTC