北朝鮮人権決議案を採択　日本、共同提出再び見送り―国連

　【ニューヨーク時事】国連総会第３委員会（人権）は１８日、拉致問題を含む北朝鮮による人権侵害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１６年連続。
　北朝鮮は決議案を「拒絶」。中ロなどはコンセンサスに加わらなかった。日本は例年ＥＵと決議案を共同提出してきたが、昨年に続き今年もこれを見送り、決議案への賛同を示すにとどめた。
　日本政府関係者は「拉致問題解決に向けたメッセージを国際社会が継続して発出する重要性と現在の日朝を取り巻く諸情勢を総合的に勘案した」と説明。拉致問題で北朝鮮側の軟化を引き出したい狙いもあるとみられる。（2020/11/19-07:10）

The Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly at a meeting on Wednesday adopted a European Union-drafted 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 16th straight year.
   North Korea rejected the draft resolution, which was adopted by consensus, while countries such as China and Russia did not take part in the consensus procedures.
   Japan used to submit resolutions against North Korea jointly with the EU. But the country chose not to do so last year and again this year. Instead, Japan supported the draft resolution with other nations.
   "We took into consideration the importance of continuously sending out messages from the international community for solving the abduction issue and the current circumstances surrounding Japan and North Korea in a comprehensive manner," a Japanese government official said.