United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/167 Explained

Number:	62/167
Organ:	GA
Date:	18 December
Year:	2007
Meeting:	76th Plenary
Code:	A/RES/62/167
Document:	https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/62/167
For:	101
Abstention:	59
Against:	22
Absent:	10
Subject:	Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Result:	Resolution adopted

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/167, titled "Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea", is a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly about the situation in North Korea, which was adopted on December 18, 2007 at the 62nd session of the General Assembly. In the resolution, the United Nations General Assembly expresses serious concern at the persistence of the systematic, widespread and grave violations of human rights in North Korea, urging the Government of North Korea to respect fully all human rights and fundamental freedoms.^[1]

Voting

Vote^[2]	Quantity	States
	101	Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, North Macedonia, East Timor, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Tanzania, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu
	22	Algeria, Belarus, China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Egypt, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Lao People's Democratic Republic, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Russian Federation, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
	59	Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland (since 2018 renamed to Eswatini), Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia
	10	Azerbaijan, Benin, Comoros, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mongolia, Seychelles, Tajikistan, Tunisia
Total	192	–

Controversy in South Korea

Former Foreign Minister Song Min-soon, in his memoir, has claimed that Seoul abstained from the vote on the UN resolution about North Korea's human rights situation after hearing Pyongyang's opinion.^[3] His disclosure of the inappropriate communication provoked a huge controversy in South Korean politics.

See also

• Human rights in North Korea
• Human experimentation in North Korea
• Human trafficking in North Korea

Notes and References

1. Web site: Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2007 . United Nations . 23 October 2016.
2. Web site: General Assembly Sixty-second session 76th plenary meeting . United Nations . 22 April 2017.
3. News: Controversy erupts over S. Korea's abstention from U.N. vote in 2007 . . 14 October 2016 . 22 November 2016.