北朝鮮の人権侵害非難　日米韓アルバニアが共同声明

　【ニューヨーク時事】国連安保理理事国の日米アルバニアと来月安保理入りする韓国の計４カ国は１５日、北朝鮮による人権侵害を非難する共同声明を出した。世界人権宣言の採択から今月で７５周年を迎えたのに合わせて発表した。
　声明は、北朝鮮が日本人や韓国人の拉致問題、自国民の処刑など、国内外で「最悪」の人権侵害を続けていると指摘。中国による脱北者の強制送還を念頭に「全ての加盟国に（迫害される恐れのある人々を保護するという）国際的な法的義務を守るよう要求する」とも明記した。（2023/12/16-09:51）

Japan and three other countries Friday released a joint statement condemning North Korea's human rights violations, following the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Sunday.
   The statement was issued by the three U.N. Security Council members of Japan, the United States and Albania, as well as by South Korea, slated to join the U.N. panel next month.
   North Korea "still has one of the worst records of human rights violations and abuses--both within its own territory and outside," the statement said, referring to its abductions of Japanese and South Korean nationals and executions of its own citizens.
   The statement also called on all U.N. member states "to uphold their international legal obligations" to protect citizens who may be persecuted, apparently bearing in mind China's forced repatriation of North Korean defectors.
   In August this year, the Security Council held an open meeting to discuss the human rights situation in North Korea for the first time in about six years.