The white paper stressed that the 75-year-long history of the World Declaration of Human Rights shows that there are still lots of ordeals and challenges to be overcome in order to completely realize the genuine human rights desired so much by mankind. It also teaches the truth that only when the international community aspiring after justice and truth stands up in union to the high-handed and arbitrary practices of those forces seeking hegemony while going against the human rights and humanitarianism, can a Utopia of genuine human rights come true, it said.

The World Declaration of Human Rights is the first document adopted by the United Nations in reflection of the desire and wishes of the international community to protect and promote the human rights, and its major target is to realize the spirit and goal of the declaration and the basic human rights, the white paper pointed out.

Since its adoption, the international community has so far made sustained efforts for the complete and universal enjoyment of human rights, the white paper said, adding:

The "International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination" was adopted on Dec. 21, 1965 and many other international conventions on human rights, including "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights", "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women" and "Convention on Children Rights", were adopted and came into effect one after another, and human rights organizations for implementing them were established, thus actively contributing to protecting and promoting the human rights worldwide.

In addition, the world human rights conference held in Vienna of Austria in June 1993 adopted the "Vienna declaration and action program" to reaffirm trust in the rights of human being stipulated by the above-mentioned declaration and apply them to practice.

However, swimming against such efforts by the international community, some countries and regions of the world are still denying the World Declaration of Human Rights and publicly committing practices running counter to it.

The dignity and rights of human being mentioned by the declaration are now ruthlessly being violated in the U.S. and other Western countries where all sorts of social evils such as gun-related crimes, racial discrimination, violent actions by police and maltreatment of women and children are rampant, the white paper said, citing data to prove such facts.

The human rights situation in EU countries is little short of that in the U.S., the white paper said, and went on:

The criminal moves of the U.S. and the West to block the international protection and promotion of human rights, contrary to the World Declaration of Human Rights, are also being brought to light in the fact that they have reduced the UN human rights arena, a theatre of dialogue and cooperation for settling the human rights issues, into a theatre of confrontation for attaining their sinister political purpose.

In the UN human rights arena, the U.S. and the West are resorting to high-handed and arbitrary practices and injustice is prevailing over justice, contrary to the principle of respect for sovereignty and equality of sovereignty, the basis of the UN Charter.

The U.S. and other Western countries are noisily calling for making this year marking the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the World Declaration of Human Rights a decisive occasion for improving the situation of countries with poor human right records.

The "human rights abusers" touted by them are the anti-imperialist independent countries standing against the high-handed and arbitrary practices of the U.S. and the West.

It is a trite method of the U.S. to seek to tarnish and devil the image of those countries not obedient to it over "human rights issues" in a bid to bring down their regimes and social systems.

The most important lesson, taught by the present reality in which the noble spirit and purpose of the World Declaration of Human Rights have not been realized yet, is that genuine human rights can be guaranteed and realized only when the sovereignty is thoroughly defended.

Human rights, not guaranteed by the sovereignty of a state, are nothing but a castle on the sand, and if the national power is weak and the sovereignty is not defended, it is impossible to guarantee elementary rights to life and existence, to say nothing of individuals' dignity and rights to development.

The most serious challenge threatening the existence and development of mankind at present is the unethical crimes of the U.S. and its followers that unhesitatingly invade sovereign states and massacre innocent inhabitants in order to maintain their hegemony and realize their interests.

The DPRK opted for the road of increasing the self-defensive capabilities, enduring all sorts of hardships and ordeals. This is aimed to forever put an end to the tyranny of the U.S. imperialists, who have imposed all sorts of misfortune and sufferings on the Korean people for many years, and to defend the national sovereignty, development and interests.

Thanks to its powerful deterrence for self-defence, the DPRK could concentrate efforts on the economic development and the improvement of the people's living standard at its own will despite the ever-escalating war moves, sanctions and blockade by the hostile forces.

The 75-year history of the World Declaration of Human Rights tells who has truly defended human rights and who has violated human rights and where the way for ensuring genuine human rights is.

The ideal human rights situation, which the whole of mankind has yearned for while adopting the World Declaration of Human Rights 75 years ago, does not comeof its own accord with the passage of time.

The world progressives aspiring after genuine human dignity and rights, justice and truth should heighten their vigilance to the maximum against the ever-escalating intervention by the U.S. and its vassal forces under the signboard of "human rights protection", and courageously frustrate the obstacles, ordeals and challenges through their unity, solidarity and alliance.