U.N. High Commissioner meets abductees' relatives

U.N. High Commissioner meets abductees' relatives

GENEVA, Switzerland - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello (L) meets Sakie Yokota (C) and other family members of the Japanese abducted to and said to have died in North Korea on April 22 in Geneva. The family members will later present statements to a U.N. human rights working group and urge U.N. cooperation to pressure Pyongyang for more disclosure on their loved ones' fate. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000018835
  • Registered date
  • 2003/4/22 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1458 × 1225 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 108.81(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Relatives of Japanese, S. Korean abductees meet

    Relatives of Japanese, S. Korean abductees meet

    SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru (2nd from L) and Sakie (R) Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was snatched by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, clasp hands with relatives of South Korean abductees after a news conference in Seoul on June 23. They vowed to boost cooperation in trying to get their missing relatives back.
      Relatives of Japanese, S. Korean abductees meet

      Relatives of Japanese, S. Korean abductees meet

      SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru (2nd from L) and Sakie (R) Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was snatched by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, clasp hands with relatives of South Korean abductees after a news conference in Seoul on June 23. They vowed to boost cooperation in trying to get their missing relatives back. (Kyodo)
        Abductees' kin leave for Geneva to attend U.N. session

        Abductees' kin leave for Geneva to attend U.N. session

        TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (L) and Sakie Yokota, whose family members were abducted to North Korea in late 1970s, leave Narita airport on April 20 to attend a meeting of the U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in Geneva to resolve the abduction issue. Iizuka's sister Yaeko Taguchi was lured by North Korean agents from Miyazaki Prefecture at the age of 22 in 1978, while Yokota's daughter Megumi was abducted from Niigata Prefecture in 1977 at the age of 13. (Kyodo)
          Abductees' relatives home from U.S. with unexpected results

          Abductees' relatives home from U.S. with unexpected results

          TOKYO, March 8 Kyodo - Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea give a press conference at Narita airport on returning to Japan from the United States on March 8. They said they achieved better results than they had expected. ''I wasn't sure what levels of people we'd be able to see, but we were able to achieve a lot more than we had expected, with the help of many people,'' said Shigeru Yokota (2nd from L), who headed the group.
            Composer Endo presents CD to Yokotas

            Composer Endo presents CD to Yokotas

            TOKYO, Japan - Japanese composer Minoru Endo (L) presents a CD containing a song he composed and performed to Shigeru Yokota (R) and his wife Sakie (C) in Tokyo on Jan. 25. The Yokotas, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977, represent a family group of abduction victims.
              Family group presents Hasuikes with financial assistance

              Family group presents Hasuikes with financial assistance

              KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (R), who heads a group of families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, shows Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from L) and his wife Yukiko (L) a foreign newspaper reporting the homecoming of the five Japanese abductees, including the Hasuike couple at their family home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 23. Yokota also presented the Hasuikes with financial assistance. Yokota's wife Sakie sits next to her husband. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)
                Family group presents Hasuikes with financial assistance

                Family group presents Hasuikes with financial assistance

                KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (R), who heads a group of families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, shows Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from L) and his wife Yukiko (L) a foreign newspaper reporting the homecoming of the five Japanese abductees, including the Hasuike couple at their family home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 23. Yokota also presented the Hasuikes with financial assistance. Yokota's wife Sakie sits next to her husband. (Pool photo)