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북한 인권위기에 관한 유엔 인권위원회의 이례적인 조사에서 북한이 이를 부인했다.
평양과 대화하는 것은 '벽에다 말하는 것'같다라고 인권단체들은 말한다.
스탈린식 독재국가인 북한이 지금까지 서명한, 몇 안되는 국제조약중의 하나인 '경제적, 사회적, 문화적 권리에 관한 국제협약'을 수행했다는 평양의 보고서를 놓고 유엔인권위원회 요원들은 수요일, 목요일 고위 북한관리들에게 질문을 했다.
유엔 인권위원회의 공식적인 결론은 다음 주말쯤 나올 것이지만, 북한의 인권침해에 관한 증거를 유엔에 제출한 NGO단체들은 평양이 기회를 놓쳤다고 비난했다.

'북한정부가 자폐증에 빠져 북한의 인권위기 상황을 부인하고, 국제협약을 위반한 것을 인정하지 않는 것은 통탄할 일이다'라고 국제 인권연맹 대표가 말했다.
남한에 있는 NGO단체인 '좋은 친구들'이라는 단체는 북한의 7세 미만 어린이들 중 15.6%가 급성 영양실조라고 추정하고, 유엔 보고서는 최근 2004년에 650만명의 영양실조 상태의 북한주민들이 도움을 필요로 한다고 밝혔다.

'북한정부에 대해 직접적으로 비난하기 보다는 문제를 제기하고 도움말을 주려고 노력했습니다.
그러나 북한관리들은 모든 혐의를 인정하지 않고, 북한에서는 모두가 행복하다라는 똑같은 말만 계속했습니다.'라고 회의에 참가한 메들린이 기자회견에서 밝혔다.

'수백만명의 사람들이 고통을 받고 있는데, 북한정부는 책임을 회피하고 있습니다.'
현재로서는 '유엔인권위원회 맴버들이 벽에다 말하고 있는 느낌입니다.'

2003.11.21.
Pyongyang fails to acknowledge humanitarian crisis in UN talks: NGOs

GENEVA : North Korea failed to acknowledge the extent of its
humanitarian crisis during a rare examination before a UN
human rights committee, advocacy groups said, describing
dialogue with Pyongyang as like 'speaking to a wall.'

Committee members quizzed senior North Korean officials on
Wednesday and Thursday over a report by Pyongyang on its
implementation of the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights -- one of a mere handful of
international treaties signed so far by the Stalinist state.

'The committee will issue its recommendations and conclusions
on the report at the end of the session ... at the end of next
week,' said Jose Diaz, a spokesman for the Officer of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights.

But even before any official conclusion, Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) that provide the UN committee with
evidence slammed the talks as a lost opportunity for
Pyongyang.

'It is deplorable that the North Korean government remained
autistic, failing to recognize the extent of the humanitarian
crisis and denying any violations of economic, social and
cultural rights,' said Sidiki Kaba, president of the
International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH).

Good Friends, a South Korea-based NGO, estimated that 15.6
percent of children in North Korea under the age of seven
suffer from acute malnutrition, while a recent study by the
United Nations Development Programme said 6.5 million
malnourished North Koreans would need aid in 2004.

'We were trying to raise our concerns over the extent of the
humanitarian crises,' said Erica Kang from Good Friends, who
followed the two-day discussion.

'I think the North Korean government was actually failing to
recognise and acknowledge the extent of the humanitarian
crisis,' she told a news conference.

The whole purpose of submitting a report under the convention
was to analyse North Korea's economic and social policies,
explained FIDH spokesman Antoine Madelin.

'The experts raised questions to the government in a very
unconfrontational way, they tried not to directly criticise
but rather to raise questions and put forward advice,' he
said.

'But the North Korean authorities kept the same language
denying all allegations and saying that in North Korea
everyone is happy,' said Madelin.

'Behind this there are millions of people suffering and so the
government is avoiding its responsibilities for those people.'

Although the advocacy groups welcomed the fact that normally
secretive North Korean officials had travelled to Geneva to
submit the report, they urged them to do more.

'We would like the North Korean government to enable further
dialogue with the United Nations,' said Madelin.

Pyongyang should invite the UN committee to assess the social
and economic situation on the ground for itself, he told
reporters, adding that other governments should also press
North Korea to play a more active role in addressing the
country's humanitarian problems.

At present, 'the impression was that the committee members
were speaking to a wall,' said Kaba from the Paris-based FIDH.


- AFP