North Korea has expressed its willingness to “faithfully implement” international conventions on human rights, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Tuesday.

The report came on the day North Korea reported that the UN special rapporteur on the rights of people with disabilities Catalina Devandas-Aguilar had wrapped a rare visit to the DPRK.

Devandas-Aguilar’s visit to Pyongyang and South Hwanghae Province was the first-ever by “an independent expert designated by the UN Human Rights Council,” according to a written statement by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

As part of the six-day trip