He also said the meeting on human rights in North Korea could be held on Dec 11. China has unsuccessfully tried to stop three previous human rights meetings by calling a procedural vote. Last year, the United States angered North Korea by blacklisting its leader Kim Jong Un for human rights abuses. A landmark 2014 UN report on North Korean human rights concluded that North Korean security chiefs - and possibly Kim himself - should face justice for overseeing a state-controlled system of Nazi-style atrocities. North Korea has repeatedly rejected accusations of human rights abuses and blames sanctions for a dire humanitarian situation.

Source: bd News24 December 01, 2017 23:37 UTC