North Korea slammed the U.S. on Tuesday for requesting a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) meeting to discuss DPRK human rights abuses, calling August “the most shameful month in the history of the U.N.”

The U.S., Japan and Albania requested the UNSC meeting on DPRK human rights last week. If it goes ahead, it will be the first UNSC session to discuss the issue in five years.

“The DPRK resolutely denounces and rejects the despicable ‘human rights’ racket of the U.S. as a wanton infringement and a grave challenge to the dignity and sovereignty of the DPRK,” North Korea’s vice