The U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korean human rights abuses for the 19th consecutive year on Tuesday, emphasizing the plight of women and girls and links between human rights and international security for the first time.

The U.N. has adopted a resolution on DPRK human rights every year since 2003, and this year’s text is largely the same as last year, calling for Pyongyang “to immediately end the systematic, grave violations and abuses of human rights. 

But the resolution notably includes new sections on women and girls’ rights in North Korea, reflecting the agendaof the U.N. special