Members of the UN Security Council gathered on Friday to ask for the rights situation in North Korea to be included in the council’s agenda. Sharing the belief that the crimes against humanity are urgent and severe in North Korea, ten members agreed to push for the adoption of the issue as the Security Council’s agenda.

A letter drafted by Australia was signed by ten of the Security Council’s 15 members including Australia, Chile, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, South Korea, Rwanda, Britain and the United States.

UN Security Council requires majority support to add a new item to the council’s agenda. China is likely to cast a veto to the proposal, but it cannot block having the rights situation added to the council agenda.

SOURCE: REUTERS