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Article: STATE DEPT.: CHINA, SOUTH KOREA URGED TO PRESS NORTH KOREA ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 8, 2006
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The U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs issued the following press release:
China and South Korea should play a more active role in pressing North Korea to end human rights abuses, says the United States' special envoy on human rights in North Korea, Jay Lefkowitz.
Lefkowitz participated in a panel discussion on North Korean human rights abuses at U.N. headquarters December 7.
"The countries that have the greatest amount of leverage with North Korea - South Korea and China - should share the greatest burden because they have the greatest opportunity to apply pressure," he said. "In different respects, they could benefit the most by the right changes in North Korea."