A resolution seeking justice for the Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea.

This Senate resolution (S. Res. 190) expresses the U.S. Senate’s formal position that North Korea should address the abduction of Japanese citizens by the regime. It calls on North Korea to release abducted foreign nationals, return the remains of any deceased abductees, provide information about them, offer appropriate reparations, apologize, and permanently cease such abductions. It also urges the President to raise this issue in any future talks with North Korea. The measure is a non-binding statement of policy designed to raise U.S. concerns and appeal to North Korea’s responsibility for human rights abuses, rather than to create new legal obligations.