S. Korea co-sponsors U.N. resolution on N.K. human rights

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S. Korea co-sponsors U.N. resolution on N.K. human rights

SEOUL, March 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has joined as a co-sponsor of this year's U.N. resolution on North Korean human rights, the foreign ministry said Saturday, despite earlier expectations that Seoul might skip the move in line with its conciliatory gestures toward Pyongyang.

"Under the stance of cooperating with the international community for the practical improvement of the human rights of North Korean residents, the government took part as a co-sponsor of the North Korean human rights resolution through consultation with relevant government institutions," the ministry said.

South Korea was among the 61 co-sponsors for the resolution adopted at the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee last December.

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