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of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to liaise with States and all
stakeholders, including relevant United Nations funds, agencies and programmes, treaty
bodies, special procedures of the Human Rights Council, national human rights institutions
and civil society with a view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion;
12.
Also decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur of the situation
of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in accordance with Human
Rights Council resolution 25/25 for a period of one year;
13.
Calls again upon all parties concerned, including United Nations bodies, to
consider implementation of the recommendations made by the commission of inquiry in its
report in order to address the dire situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea;
14.
Welcomes the steps taken by the Office of the High Commissioner towards
establishing a field-based structure in the Republic of Korea to strengthen the monitoring
and documentation of the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea, to ensure accountability, to provide the Special Rapporteur with increased support,
to enhance the engagement and capacity-building of the Governments of all States
concerned, civil society and other stakeholders and to maintain the visibility of the situation
of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including through sustained
communications, advocacy and outreach initiatives, and requests the Office to present an
oral update to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session, and a comprehensive report
at its thirty-first session on the role and achievements of the Office, including on the fieldbased structure;
15.
Calls upon all States to undertake to ensure that the field-based structure of
the Office of the High Commissioner can function with independence, that it has sufficient
resources and that it is not subjected to any reprisals or threats;
16.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to report on its follow-up
efforts in the regular annual report of the Secretary-General submitted to the General
Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
effective as of the sixty-ninth session of the Assembly;
17.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit regular reports to the Human
Rights Council and to the General Assembly on the implementation of his mandate,
including on the follow-up efforts made in the implementation of the recommendations of
the commission of inquiry;
18.
Acknowledges that the Special Rapporteur held a dialogue with the
representatives of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in New York on 27 October
2014, and urges the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, through
continuous dialogues, to invite and to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, to give
the Special Rapporteur and supporting staff unrestricted access to visit the country, and to
provide them with all information necessary to enable them to fulfil such a mandate, and
also to promote technical cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner;
19.
Encourages the United Nations system, including its specialized agencies,
States, regional intergovernmental organizations, interested institutions, independent
experts and non-governmental organizations to develop constructive dialogue and
cooperation with special procedures mandate holders, including the Special Rapporteur,
and the field-based structure of the Office of the High Commissioner;
20.
Encourages all States that have relations with the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea to use their influence to encourage it to take immediate steps to end all
human rights violations, including by closing political prison camps and undertaking
profound institutional reforms;
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