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.

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