SEOUL - A UN human rights official has called on the international community to urgently consider lifting sanctions on North Korea that may be worsening problems from its coronavirus lockdown, according to a draft report released on Thursday .
It imposed strict border controls this year among tough measures against the virus, just when it was reeling from sanctions, as well as"systemic economic problems and unusually bad weather conditions," Tomas Ojea Quintana wrote. The fallout on trade, in turn, threatens food supplies and access to humanitarian aid, he said in the report, which is to be submitted next week to the UN General Assembly.
Greater implementation of sanctions has started to"seriously affect the entire economy of the country," with adverse consequences for people's economic and social rights, he added.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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