A/HRC/RES/19/13 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 3 April 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Nineteenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council* 19/13 The situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other human rights instruments, Recalling all previous resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including Council resolution 16/8 of 24 March 2011 and Assembly resolution 66/174 of 19 December 2011, and urging the implementation of those resolutions, 2006, Bearing in mind paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto, Welcoming the reports submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 1 and urging the implementation of the recommendations contained therein, Deeply concerned at the persisting deterioration in the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, at the continuing reports of systematic, widespread and grave violations of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights in the country and at the unresolved questions of international concern relating to the abduction of * 1 GE.12- 12755 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its nineteenth session (A/HRC/19/2), chap. I. A/66/343 and A/HRC/19/65.