A/HRC/RES/43/25 report in order to address the dire situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; 18. Encourages the continuing endeavours of the field-based structure of the Office of the High Commissioner in Seoul, welcomes its regular reports to the Human Rights Council, and invites the High Commissioner to provide the Council with regular updates on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; 19. 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 to fulfil its mandate, that it enjoys full cooperation with relevant Member States and that it is not subjected to any reprisals or threats; 20. 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; 21. 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; 22. Urges the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, through continuous dialogues, to invite and to cooperate fully with all special procedure mandate holders, especially 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; 23. Invites the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to extend an invitation to the Office of the High Commissioner to visit the country; 24. Encourages the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to provide comprehensive information on the implementation of the recommendations it accepted in the second and third cycles of the universal periodic review, and to further expand cooperation with other United Nations human rights mechanisms in order to address all human rights violations and abuses in the country; 25. 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 procedure mandate holders, including the Special Rapporteur, and the field-based structure of the Office of the High Commissioner; 26. Encourages all States, the United Nations Secretariat, including relevant specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and forums, civil society organizations, foundations and engaged business enterprises and other stakeholders towards which the commission of inquiry has directed recommendations to take forward those recommendations; 27. Also encourages all States, the United Nations Secretariat, including relevant specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and forums, civil society organizations, foundations and engaged business enterprises and other stakeholders to support efforts aimed at improving dialogue on and engagements with regard to the humanitarian and human rights situation, including international abductions, in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including inter-Korean dialogue; 28. Urges the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to work with the international community, including the United Nations system, in its efforts to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea so that the international community can provide assistance based on independent needs assessments and consistent with international standards and humanitarian principles, and in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions; 7

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