A/HRC/22/57 December 1999, the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea submitted its second periodic report23 to the Human Rights Committee covering in principle the period from 1984 to 1997, which was later considered by the Committee in July 2001.24 20. Further, the Government of the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea has refused to acknowledge or cooperate with the Special Rapporteur and has also consistently and categorically rejected the resolutions adopted by the former Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the country, since the establishment of the Special Rapporteur‟s mandate in 2004. Most recently, on 20 December 2012, at the General Assembly, the representative of the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea reportedly said, inter alia, that the Government had categorically rejected the resolution on the human rights situation in the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea, as it had nothing to do with human rights in the country. Violations mentioned in the text had not been allowed to exist. He reportedly also said the text was clearly propaganda for a fabricated human right situation and created pressure on the country‟s social system, which constituted interference in its internal affairs. It was an act of political terrorism and showed double standards, and that any consideration of human rights must be carried out with the principles of objectivity under the Universal Periodic Review. The main sponsors had worked to destabilize the country by picking on human rights issues. While it had been adopted without a vote, it could not be interpreted as by consensus.25 21. Also, since 2003 the Government of the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea has rejected all offers for technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).26 22. Moreover, in December 2009, during the adoption of the universal periodic review (UPR) report27 on the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea, the Government failed to identify the recommendations that enjoyed its support. It is the first State to not accept any recommendation out of the 167 received. The delegation rejected 50 recommendations in the report of the Working Group and left 117 pending. For this reason, on 21 December 2010, the General Assembly expressed its serious concern at “the refusal of the Government of the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea to articulate which recommendations enjoyed its support following its universal periodic review by the Human Rights Council, and regrets the lack of actions taken to date to implement the recommendations contained in the final outcome”. 28 23. In 2008, the Special Rapporteur noted that “it is incumbent upon the national authorities and the international community to address the impunity factor which has enabled such violations to exist and persist for a long time”.29 In 2010, he expressly noted 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 CCPR/C/PRK/2000/2, para. 2. CCPR/CO/72/PRK, para. 1. A/67/PV.60;see news release at http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/ga11331.doc.htm. See also summary records of the Third Committee, for example, A/C.3/67/SR/38; A/C.3/67/SR/45; A/C.3/67/SR/46. See also notes verbales from the Permanent Mission of the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/19/G/1; A/HRC/16/G/2; A/HRC/13/G/7; A/HRC/10/G/6; A/HRC/7/G/3; A/HRC/5/G/5). See for example E/CN.4/2005/G/13: letter dated 28 February 2005 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea addressed to the High Commissioner for Human Rights rejecting offer of technical assistance A/HRC/13/13, report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea. General Assembly resolution 65/225, para. 1 (c). A/HRC/7/20, para. 43. 9