00:00North Korea has told the European Union to mind its own business after the bloc submitted
00:05a draft UN resolution on human rights in the country.
00:08In a statement carried by state media, Pyongyang called the move a politically motivated provocation,
00:14saying the West did not have a monopoly on human rights.
00:17The UN General Assembly has condemned North Korea's human rights record every year since
00:222005.
00:24The draft is expected to go before the Assembly's third committee later this month, ahead of
00:28a final vote by the full Assembly.
00:31Last year, the UN Human Rights Chief said conditions had worsened over the previous decade, with
00:36no improvement in many areas.
