U.N. Wakes Up
Unsurprisingly, both China and Syria backed North Korea in the vote.
But China, a long-time ally of Pyongyang, accused the European Union of seeking confrontation with North Korea and warned that the resolution would not help to resolve any of the country's human rights problems."It will not contribute to the protection of human rights. It will only produce counter-productive results," China's envoy told the commission.
Yeah, because ignoring it and pretending it doesn't exist produces such sterling results.