A/HRC/RES/25/25 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 April 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council 25/25. 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 22/13 of 21 March 2013 and Assembly resolution 68/183 of 18 December 2013, and urging the implementation of those resolutions, Bearing in mind paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, 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/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto, Commending the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for completing its work in a transparent, impartial and consultative manner,1 despite the efforts of the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to reduce access to information by refusing to permit the commission to visit the country, Acknowledging the efforts of the commission of inquiry to ensure the full transparency of the inquiry by providing comprehensive information on its work to the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as well as through the * 1 Reissued for technical reasons on 25 April 2014. See A/HRC/25/63 and A/HRC/25/CRP.1. GE.14-13894 *1413894* *