The UN Security Council has been discussing the human rights situation in North Korea.
Members were briefed by the Deputy Secretary General, as well as the Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights, who detailed numerous crimes against humanity including torture, forced disappearances and deliberate starvation.
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Members were briefed by the Deputy Secretary General, as well as the Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights, who detailed numerous crimes against humanity including torture, forced disappearances and deliberate starvation.
But before that briefing on the issue of the human rights situation in North Korea, the Council voted on whether or not to go ahead with it - our UN correspondent Lorna Shaddick explains why.
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Our correspondent at UN headquarters in New York Lorna Shaddick says the briefing highlighted grave concerns among UN officials about the situation:
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OUT: ...access to healthcare
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