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US Forgoes UN Meeting on DPRK Human Rights for 'Comprehensive' Update

Margaret Besheer

   UNITED NATIONS - The United States has abandoned plans for a U.N.
   Security Council meeting focused on the human rights situation in North
   Korea and has instead called for a more "comprehensive" review of
   recent developments.

   The U.S. State Department has instructed the U.S. delegation at the
   United Nations to propose this week's Security Council discussion on
   North Korea include "a comprehensive update on recent developments on
   the Korean Peninsula, including recent missile launches and the
   possibility of an escalatory DPRK provocation," according to a State
   Department spokesperson Monday.

   Council diplomats said last week the human rights meeting was to take
   place Tuesday, which is international Human Rights Day. The meeting,
   which will be public and focus on non-proliferation instead, will take
   place Wednesday afternoon, a council diplomat said.

   Last Tuesday, North Korea's vice foreign minister for U.S. affairs
   issued a statement saying U.S. promises of dialogue with Pyongyang are
   "nothing but a foolish trick." Ri Thae Song warned that his government
   would have a "Christmas gift" for the United States and added ominously
   that it would be "entirely up to the U.S." what that present would be.
   

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