A/HRC/RES/43/25 decades and by institutions under the effective control of its leadership; these crimes against humanity entail extermination, murder, enslavement, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions and other sexual and gender-based violence, persecution on political, religious, racial and gender grounds, the forcible transfer of populations, the enforced disappearance of persons and the inhumane act of knowingly causing prolonged starvation; 8. Stresses that the authorities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have failed to prosecute those responsible for crimes against humanity and other human rights violations and abuses, and encourages all States, the United Nations system, including relevant specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and forums, civil society organizations, foundations and other stakeholders to cooperate with accountability efforts, especially the efforts made by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and to ensure that these crimes do not remain unpunished; 9. Welcomes General Assembly resolution 74/166, in which the Assembly encouraged the Security Council to continue its consideration of the relevant conclusions and recommendations of the commission of inquiry and to take appropriate action to ensure accountability, including through consideration of referral of the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the International Criminal Court and consideration of the further development of sanctions in order to target effectively those who appear to be most responsible for human rights violations, which the commission has said may constitute crimes against humanity; 10. Commends the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the activities undertaken to date and his continued efforts in the conduct of his mandate despite the lack of access to the country; 11. Welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur;7 12. Recalls the recommendations of the commission of inquiry and General Assembly resolution 74/166, and reiterates the importance of maintaining the grave human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea high on the international agenda, including through sustained communications, advocacy and outreach initiatives, and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to strengthen those activities; 13. Welcomes the oral update of the High Commissioner on the implementation of resolution 40/20, and commends the Office of the High Commissioner, including its fieldbased structure in Seoul, for the efforts it has made to date, and encourages it to take into account the experience of other relevant mechanisms, and to actively engage and cooperate with national, regional and international mechanisms as appropriate as part of its efforts to identify strategies for accountability, in accordance with international law standards; 14. Also welcomes the steps taken to strengthen the capacity of the Office of the High Commissioner, including its field-based structure in Seoul, to allow the implementation of relevant recommendations made by the group of independent experts on accountability in its report aimed at strengthening current monitoring and documentation efforts, establishing a central information and evidence repository, and having experts in legal accountability assess all information and testimonies with a view to developing possible strategies to be used in any future accountability process; 15. Requests the High Commissioner to submit a full written report on the implementation of the recommendations to the Council at its forty-sixth session; 16. Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 37/28, for a period of one year; 17. Calls again upon all parties concerned, including United Nations bodies, to consider implementation of the recommendations made by the commission of inquiry in its 7 6 A/HRC/43/58.