UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council's members pushed on Friday for the human rights situation in North Korea to be added to the council's agenda and for a formal meeting to be held this month, a move that cannot be blocked by Pyongyang ally China.
A U.N. Commission of Inquiry report in February detailed abuses in North Korea that it said were comparable to Nazi-era atrocities, and a U.N. committee last month urged the Security Council to consider referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging crimes against humanity.