聯合國官員：施壓朝鮮改善人權“時機已到”

Concerned by the lack of any reference to human rights in the joint statement issued at the historic summit between Washington and Pyongyang, the United Nations special rapporteur on North Korea says “this is the time” for the U.S. to pressure North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to engage in a dialogue with the international community to improve the lives of its people.

Quintana said the momentum generated by the summit must bring North Korea's human rights situations to the fore. “Now the North Korean leadership and the government want to normalize the country, want to become a respectable member of the United Nations. Well, they will have to change their stance in regard to human rights questions and start the process of dialogue and engagement,” he said.

While Quintana said he understands President Donald Trump's priority is denuclearizing North Korea, the U.N. official is concerned that unless the human rights situation in North Korea improves, it will become “an obstacle for any agreement to be implemented and effective.”

During a press conference after the summit talks, Trump downplayed reporters' questions on human rights, saying only that he brought up the issue to Kim.聯合國朝鮮問題專員金塔納對歷史性美朝峯會的聯合聲明沒有提及人權表示關注。他說，現在正是美國向朝鮮領導人金正恩施壓的時機，敦促朝鮮參加與國際社會的對話，改善朝鮮民衆生活。

金塔納說，藉助美朝峯會的勢頭，一定要把朝鮮的人權現狀擺到議事日程上。他說：“現在朝鮮領導層和政府希望讓他們的國家正常化，希望成爲受尊敬的聯合國成員。因此，他們必須改變對人權問題的立場，開始進行有關人權的對話。”

金塔納說，他理解川普總統的當務之急是讓朝鮮去核，但是他擔心，朝鮮的人權狀況如果沒有任何改善，必將成爲“有效落實任何協議的障礙。”

川普總統在美朝峯會後的一次記者會上對記者提出的朝鮮人權問題一帶而過，只是說他向金正恩提到了這個問題。