The U.N. General Assembly will host a high-level meeting on North Korean human rights for the first time ever next week, providing a rare platform to address Pyongyang’s dismal record of abuses amid an ongoing crisis in the DPRK human rights movement.

The meeting is scheduled for May 20, according to a letter sent to delegates by General Assembly President Philemon Yang, in accordance with an assembly resolution adopted in December last year.

A high-level meeting is a formal U.N. gathering attended by senior officials such as heads of state, ministers and ambassadors, and it is typically focused on spotlighting