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UN General Assembly adopts resolution on human rights abuse in DPR Korea

16 December 2005
The United Nations General Assembly adopted for the first time today a resolution on human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) reflecting its serious concern over reports of torture, public executions, arbitrary detention, the lack of due process, extensive use of forced labor, high rates of infant malnutrition and restrictions on humanitarian organizations.

‘Indispensable’ civil society can help build trust on Korean peninsula – Annan

15 August 2005
Praising the crucial role civil society groups play in international affairs, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged Korean and international civic actors meeting in New York to help build the trust, confidence and goodwill necessary to ensure a peninsula free of nuclear weapons and to bring an end to the Korean conflict.
Children at a government-run orphanage

DPR of Korea: UN appeals for urgent new donations to feed millions of hungry

9 August 2005
Warning that its emergency operation feeding 6.5 million particularly vulnerable people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is severely under-funded, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed urgently for new donations to carry it through until the end of the year.
Kofi Annan

Annan praises 'spirit of mutual respect' at Korean nuclear talks

9 August 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today praised the "spirit of mutual respect" achieved at the fourth round of the six-party talks for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, which took place in Beijing.

DPR of Korea: children malnourished and underweight despite progress, says UN

11 July 2005
Despite some progress since the famine of the mid-1990s, children in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are still malnourished and underweight by United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) standards.

Reduced funding may force UN agency to stop work in DPR of Korea

27 May 2005
With donations to its emergency fund for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) having fallen off, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said it would have to stop distributing rations to nearly 4 million people over the next two months.

Without fresh pledges, UN will have to halt food aid for millions in DPR of Korea

30 March 2005
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will have to halt distribution to millions of hungry people in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) within weeks unless fresh pledges are made soon.

Child malnutrition rates in DPR of Korea decline, UN study shows

7 March 2005
Malnutrition rates among children in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) – long hit by adverse weather and economic problems – have declined in the past two years but remain relatively high, and well-targeted international aid must be sustained, according to a new United Nations survey released today.

UN nuclear watchdog urges DPR of Korea to resume six-party talks

4 March 2005
Declaring actions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) a “serious challenge” to efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency has called on the country to resume at an early date, without preconditions, six-party talks seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis.

UN human rights expert calls on DPR of Korea to clarify abductions of Japanese

4 March 2005
A United Nations human rights expert today called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to respond “effectively and expeditiously” to Japan's claim that there are a number of abducted Japanese nationals who are still alive in the DPRK and that they should be returned to Japan immediately and safely.