The United Nations Security Council will meet in the coming week on human rights in North Korea, which has been accused by a U.N. inquiry of abuses comparable to Nazi-era atrocities, the United States said on Friday.
The meeting will take place on Thursday at 2:30 p.m., said the spokeswoman for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Hagar Chemali. She added that senior U.N. officials would brief the council.
The other eight council members that supported the U.S. decision to revive discussions on alleged rights abuses in North Korea are Chile, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Britain, Chemali said on Thursday.