A/HRC/28/71 However, the meeting was reported to have been unsatisfactory. While welcoming the dialogue between the two countries, the Special Rapporteur regrets that it has been stalled for several months by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is due to present a report on the outcome of its survey by July 2015. The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea genuinely to abide by the terms of the bilateral agreement with Japan. 23. The Special Rapporteur looks forward to the international symposium on the issue of abductions being organized by the Government of Japan in May in New York. It will be similar to an event held on the margins of the twenty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council in September 2014. Such events contribute to maintaining the visibility and international understanding of the issue of international abductions carried out by the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and are important elements of the strategy developed by the Special Rapporteur (see sect. III below). 3. China 24. On the margins of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur met with officials from China to discuss the issue of nationals of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea who, in their attempt to flee the country, had crossed the border into China, and the issue of how to prevent their being sent back to their country of origin, in breach of the provisions of international law on non-refoulement. He remains keen to engage in a constructive dialogue with the Government of China to seek a sustainable solution to this serious ongoing problem, and to achieve the overall objective of bringing concrete meaningful changes to the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. C. 1. Efforts by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Dialogue on technical cooperation with the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 25. In September 2014, for the first time, the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea expressed interest in receiving technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Subsequent discussions were held between the Government and the Office on the possible scope of such assistance. While the Special Rapporteur welcomes this positive development, he regrets that the Government decided to suspend its dialogue with the Office on the eve of the Security Council meeting of 22 December 2014. 26. He calls on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to resume dialogue with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on technical cooperation as soon as possible. He stresses that such dialogue should not be linked to any political considerations, but be undertaken with a view to the implementation of the country’s international human rights obligations, including the commitments made during the universal periodic review. He hopes that the Government will change its position and grant the Office access to the country to assess the needs on the ground and explore with the Government possible avenues for substantive and meaningful cooperation. 2. Establishment of a field-based structure 27. The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 25/25, provided for the establishment by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of a field-based structure tasked with strengthening the monitoring and documentation of the situation of 7