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The Associated Press
Published: December 22, 2014
UNITED NATIONS — An angry North Korea is refusing to take part in a groundbreaking U.N. Security Council meeting Monday where the country's bleak human rights situation will be discussed for the first time.
International pressure has built this year on Pyongyang after a sprawling U.N.-backed inquiry alleged crimes against humanity and warned that young leader Kim Jong Un could be held accountable.
Now the 15-member Security Council is being urged to refer North Korea's human rights situation to the International Criminal Court, seen as a court of last resort for atrocities.
Instead of a showdown, North Korea says it will not attend Monday's meeting. It accuses the United States and its allies of using the human rights issue as a tool to overthrow the leadership of the impoverished but nuclear-armed nation.
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