[imText1]On the 18th, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea Vitit Muntarbhorn visited S. Korea and in his address at a press conference argued that to solve the abductees issue, affirmative action should be made against the North Korean government such as approval of the Special Rapporteur\u2019s entrance into N. Korea and action to end violations of human rights. <\/p>\n
In preparation for the 2007 U.N. Human Rights Committee\u2019s North Korea human rights report, Muntarbhorn came to S. Korea on the 14th visiting for 5 days. <\/p>\n
Muntarbhorn said \u201cWhile encouraging the South-North Korean governments to maximize the opportunities for separated families to reunify, from the position of supporting North Korean human rights, the South-North Korea summit must be continued\u201d and advocated \u201cNorth Korea has to effectively elucidate and resolve the pending issue of missing persons.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added \u201cThe South Korean government has made attempts to rectify issues related to separated families and missing persons after the Korean War, hence issues such as these should be resolved at the South-North Summit.\u201d<\/p>\n
He urged North Korea to allow the entrance of the U.N. Special Rapporteur and other human rights organizations into North Korea, so that they could adopt human rights measures in North Korea. He stated \u201cNorth Korea needs to create a human rights summit, an economic development plan or legal program including human rights as a key topic to improve the situation of human rights within its own country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Muntarbhorn claimed that the S. Korean government needs to take affirmative action for defectors within S. Korea to assimilate in society. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe S. Korean government should continue its humanitarian policies for defectors and provide greater opportunities for defectors to be educated and trained\u201d and \u201cBesides, encouragements need to be made for the contribution and investments of defectors in society\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He added \u201cIn order to produce a report to reflect a defector\u2019s position, visits to Hanawon (the settlement education center for North Korean defectors) were made as well as interviews with defectors\u201d and claimed \u201cThough the Korean government has an array of defector support programs, policies to aid defectors long-term need to be made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regarding the six party talks taking up the issue of human rights, he said \u201cThe aim of the six party talks is to solve the nuclear issue and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula\u201d and \u201cIf mutual faith is built between the two nations, not only could the issue of security be naturally resolved but the issue of human rights also.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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