Practice Relating to Rule 117. Accounting for Missing Persons
In a resolution adopted in December 1998, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea urged cooperation between the authorities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea in reuniting separated family members and proposed that the National Red Cross Societies in each region proceed with their work on family reunification. In cases where family reunification was not possible, the Assembly asked the authorities and Red Cross Societies “to start working on the confirmation of their fate”.