国連総会委、北朝鮮人権非難決議案を採択　日本、共同提出見送り

　【ニューヨーク時事】国連総会第３委員会（人権）は１４日、拉致問題を含む北朝鮮による人権侵害や、北朝鮮が国民の福祉の代わりに核・ミサイル開発に資源を投入していることを非難する欧州連合（ＥＵ）提出の決議案を議場の総意（コンセンサス方式）により投票なしで採択した。同種の決議案採択は１５年連続。
　日本は例年、ＥＵと決議案を共同提出してきたが、今年は提出を見送り、決議案への賛同を示す共同提案国に名を連ねるにとどまった。
　日本政府関係者は「拉致問題に関して国際社会が継続的に発信していく重要性や、現在の日朝関係を取り巻くいろいろな情勢を総合的に判断した結果」と説明。日本人拉致問題解決へ一定の融和姿勢を示し、北朝鮮側の軟化を引き出したい考えとみられる。日本は今年、国連人権理事会でも北朝鮮非難決議案の提出を見送っている。（2019/11/15-06:11）

The Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly at a meeting on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights violations, including its abductions of Japanese and other foreign nationals.
   The committee adopted such a resolution for the 15th consecutive year. The resolution urged Pyongyang to "address all allegations of enforced disappearances, provide accurate information to the families of the victims on the fates and whereabouts of their missing relatives and resolve all issues related to all abductees at the earliest possible date, in particular the return of abductees of Japan and the Republic of Korea (South Korea)."
   The resolution, submitted by the European Union, also condemned North Korea for "diverting its resources into pursuing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles over the welfare of its people."
   Japan had submitted resolutions against North Korea jointly with the EU. But the country chose not to do so for this year's resolution and instead opted to sponsor it with other nations.
   The country made the decision after "comprehensively considering the importance of the international community issuing messages regarding the abduction issue constantly and various factors surrounding Japan-North Korea relations," a Japanese government official said.