UN condemns North Korea rights violations and nuke spending

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is condemning North Korea's "systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights" and condemning its diversion of resources into pursing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles over the welfare of its people.

The assembly resolution noted "with concern" that over 10 million North Koreans are estimated to be undernourished and that the country has "an unacceptably high prevalence of chronic and acute malnutrition."

The resolution was adopted by consensus Monday, but with countries including Russia, China, Cuba and Venezuela disassociating themselves from it.