SEOUL, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- South Korea will again co-sponsor a United Nations resolution condemning North Korea's human rights violations, a document showed Wednesday, amid speculation that Seoul might withhold support in an effort to improve relations with Pyongyang.
The draft resolution, introduced last week to the Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly, "condemns in the strongest terms the long-standing and ongoing systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights in and by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, including those that may amount to crimes against humanity."
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the official name of North Korea.
The resolution calls on Pyongyang to "respect, protect and fulfill all human rights and fundamental freedoms" and to "immediately close the political prison camps and release all political prisoners unconditionally."
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