A/HRC/4/15 page 18 “(b) Transparency: I call upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to ensure reliable and objective verification of its claim concerning the alleged deaths of various Japanese nationals abducted by [its agents], to clarify related ambiguities and discrepancies, and to ascertain whether other Japanese nationals have been abducted by [its agents]; “(c) Family unity: I call upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to respect and guarantee family unity/reunification, particularly for those who have suffered from the abductions; “(d) Accountability: I call upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to rectify the discrepancies and enable the victims of abductions and their families to access justice and seek redress effectively and expeditiously from those responsible for the abductions, including bringing to justice those responsible for the acts; “(e) Sustainability: I call upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to resume and sustain dialogue and actions with Japan to solve peacefully the problem of abductions of Japanese nationals by [its agents], to ensure satisfactory resolution of the issue, and to prevent abductions from happening again.” 57. This humanitarian call should be reinforced by the following preferred orientations: (a) Pro-active dialogue: to take steps more expeditiously for satisfactory settlement of the outstanding issue of abductions; (b) Substantive progress: to show tangible results based on the universal responsibility to protect human rights in compliance with international law; (c) International solidarity: to support the two countries in their bilateral and multilateral relations to solve the problem peacefully, with the backing of the totality of the United Nations system. B. Visit to the Republic of Korea, 14-18 December 2006 58. Significantly, the Republic of Korea voted in favour of the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea adopted by the Third Committee of the General Assembly in November 2006, which was subsequently adopted by the plenary to become resolution 61/174. The resolution expresses very serious concern at a variety of human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and strongly urges the latter to respect fully all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur. It also requests the Secretary-General and the Special Rapporteur to report to the Assembly at its next session on the situation. The Special Rapporteur is of the view that there is a related need to enable the negotiations known as the six-party talks to resume in order to solve key issues, focusing primarily on the nuclear problem facing the Korean peninsula which may also have an impact on the human rights situation; a positive development on that front will contribute to the space for progressive humanitarian action.