The United Nations Human Rights Council on Apr. 1 adopted a resolution on North Korean human rights abuses, condemning “in the strongest terms” the widespread and gross human rights violations in the hermit nation. This marks the 20th consecutive year the U.N. has adopted a resolution on the North Korean human rights situation, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency (YNA). The resolution stated that the U.N. “condemns in the strongest terms the long-standing and ongoing systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations in the state.” It urged North Korea to cooperate with the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility and other relevant organizations to allow vaccine delivery and distribution to its people, noting that the humanitarian situation has been exacerbated by the pandemic. The resolution also called on North Korea to immediately halt human rights violations in detention facilities, including prison camps, release all political prisoners, and cease the …