Un north korea report pdf

View All. This resolution extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the work of the Sanctions Committee until 30 April Condemned the launch of a missile over the territory of Japan and urged the DPRK to comply with previous Council resolutions and presidential statements. The Council condemned the 26 March attack which led to the sinking of the ROK naval ship Cheonan and encouraged the settlement of outstanding issues on the Korean peninsula by peaceful means and resuming direct dialogue and negotiation as early as possible.

This was the midterm report of the Panel of Experts. This was the final report of the Panel of Experts. The state has used food as a means of control over the population. It has prioritised those whom the authorities believe to be crucial to maintaining the regime over those deemed expendable.

The state has practised discrimination with regard to access to and distribution of food based on the songbun system.

In addition, it privileges certain parts of the country, such as Pyongyang, over others. Even during the worst period of mass starvation, the state impeded the delivery of food aid by imposing conditions that were not based on humanitarian considerations. While acknowledging the impact of factors beyond state control over the food situation, the commission finds that decisions, actions and omissions by the state and its leadership caused the death of at least hundreds of thousands of people and inflicted permanent physical and psychological injuries on those who survived.

While conditions have changed since the s, hunger and malnutrition continue to be widespread. Deaths from starvation continue to be reported. The BBC looks at the story of the fall from grace, arrest and execution of the once powerful uncle of North Korea's leader.

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