Kin of possible N. Korea abduction victim seeks U.N. help

GENEVA, Switzerland - Takashi Fujita, younger brother of a Japanese man possibly abducted by North Korea, holds posters bearing a picture of his brother Susumu as well as those of about 470 possible abductees, in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on July 12, 2012. The younger Fujita attended a meeting of a U.N. Human Rights Council panel earlier the same day, calling for the world body's cooperation in resolving the issue.

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