A/HRC/34/66 (e) To resume dialogue with neighbouring countries to resolve outstanding human rights issues of an urgent nature, including those relating to the situation of separated families, people abducted and other missing persons; (f) To implement without delay the recommendations of the group of independent experts on accountability. 46. The Special Rapporteur calls upon the Human Rights Council: (a) To implement the recommendations of the group of independent experts on accountability without delay, ensuring that perpetrators of gross violations are held responsible and supporting all victims in their quest for truth and justice; (b) To continue to support the work of OHCHR, including its field-based structure in Seoul, ensuring that the latter can function with independence, has sufficient financial resources and enjoys full cooperation with relevant Member States; (c) To urge the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to engage constructively with the Special Rapporteur and invite him to undertake a visit to the country as soon as possible, without preconditions, in accordance with the terms of reference for country visits by special procedure mandate holders. 47. The Special Rapporteur calls upon Member States: (a) To continue to engage with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in both bilateral and in multilateral forums, to ensure that measures are taken to protect and promote human rights; (b) To facilitate monitoring efforts, including by the Special Rapporteur and the OHCHR field presence in Seoul, by providing information and access to victims of and witnesses to human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; (c) To abstain from forcibly repatriating persons who left the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including women and children, and to protect them from human trafficking and other abuses; (d) To implement without delay relevant recommendations of the group of independent experts; (e) To integrate the protection and promotion of human rights in all social, economic, cultural and political partnership projects with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; (f) To ensure that a human rights-based approach underpins all cooperation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including in the area of humanitarian assistance, and that political and security considerations do not hinder humanitarian assistance. 48. The Special Rapporteur calls upon the United Nations as a whole to address the grave human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in a coordinated and unified manner, in accordance with the Secretary-General’s Human Rights Up Front initiative. The Special Rapporteur particularly calls upon those agencies that conduct humanitarian programmes inside the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to ensure that vulnerable groups, including those who are in detention facilities, prison camps and political prison camps, are able to benefit from their programmes. 17

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