UN official calls for international efforts on N. Korea abductions 유엔 북한 인권보고관

A senior human rights investigator at the United Nations has called for international efforts to resolve the issue of North Korea′s kidnapping of hundreds of foreign nationals Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, Marzuki Darusman the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in North Korea said an estimated 200-thousand foreigners have been abducted since 1950 He called for a "comprehensive mapping of international abductions and disappearances," and urged UN bodies to continue to pressure North Korea and keep the issue in spotlight The North′s systematic abductions grabbed attention with the publication of a UN report last year that said Pyongyang had engaged in abduction as a matter of state policy