A/HRC/46/51 human rights violations. The negative impact on the people is particularly worrying and when information received from within the country is further limited due to the decreased presence of the international community and the decreased number of escapees arriving in the Republic of Korea. 49. In this respect, the spirit of unity and cooperation emerging worldwide to address the challenge of COVID-19 s should reinvigorate the search for a peaceful end to the conflict on the Korean Peninsula. The United Nations should be coherent in pursuing peace, human rights, development and denuclearization in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Special Rapporteur notes that prioritizing only the denuclearization agenda may negatively impact on other equally important agendas. On the contrary, a search for a peaceful and principled end of the war will generate the space and the conditions to further discuss denuclearization, human rights improvements, and access to the ground. VII. Recommendations 50. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: (a) Establish accountability mechanisms for human rights violations in the country in line with international human rights standards; (b) Acknowledge the existence of human rights violations including those raised by OHCHR, the commission of inquiry and the Special Rapporteur and provide human rights monitors and international humanitarian organizations with access to the country including detention facilities; (c) Address allegations of enforced disappearance, including in the form of abductions, and provide accurate information to the families of the victims on the fates and whereabouts of their missing relatives; (d) Initiate a process of dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and invite him to visit the country. (e) Urgently invest the maximum available resources, including through international cooperation, to ensure that basic need for food, water and sanitation and housing are met, prioritizing the most marginalized communities; (f) Assess the impact of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the exercise of human rights, including economic and social rights, and revise any measures that violate these rights; (g) Grant full and unimpeded access to medical experts and humanitarian actors, relax restrictions on access to information, and provide timely and relevant data to the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to enable them to assist the most vulnerable communities; (h) Comply with the COVID-19 guidance issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which calls for solidarity and cooperation to tackle the virus, and to mitigate the effects of measures designed to halt its spread; (i) Follow the guidelines in the UNODC, WHO, UNAIDS and OHCHR joint statement on COVID-19 in prisons and other closed settings, abide by the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) and consider the release of prisoners, particularly those in vulnerable situations; (j) Carry out research and release statistics and other data that will allow for an assessment to be made of the impact of international sanctions on the economic and social rights of the people; 17