North Korea on Saturday bristled at the recently-adopted U.N. resolution condemning its human rights situation, claiming that it is a U.S.-led attempt to topple the communist regime.

On Thursday, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution that calls for referring the communist country to the International Criminal Court over its grave rights situation.

"We categorically reject the 'human rights resolution', a vivid expression of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK and a typical example of politicization of human rights, selectivity and double-standards," an unidentified spokesman of the North Korean foreign ministry was quoted as saying by the North's Korea Central News Agency (KCNA).

DPRK is the acronym for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Claiming that it is a politically motivated move, the North said the resolution is the product of hostile forces, including the U.S.,that is aimed at overturning its social system, according to the KCNA.

"We stand for genuine dialogue and cooperation in the human rights field but will never tolerate those deliberately shunning our sincere will for cooperation and seeking to keep pressuring the DPRK to achieve a sinister political purpose," the spokesman stressed.

North Korea has long been labeled one of the worst human rights violators, as it does not tolerate dissent, holds hundreds of thousands of people in political prison camps and keeps tight control over outside information, according to records and testimonies by defectors. (Yonhap)