Families of Korean War and Gaza Hostages Appeal to UN Security Council

Testimonies of Abducted Loved Ones

• 💔 Sung-Eui Lee shared the story of her father, forcibly taken to North Korea during the Korean War, leaving her with no memory of him.
• 🇺🇸 Ruby Chen spoke as the father of a US hostage still held in Gaza, one of 250 families affected by Hamas and Islamic Jihad's actions.

Plea for Justice and Family Reunification

• ⚖️ Both families appealed to the UN Security Council for justice under international law and accountability for perpetrators.
• 🕊️ They specifically called for the upholding of resolution 2474, which guarantees families the right to know the fate of relatives missing in armed conflict.

Psychological Impact of Withholding Information

• 🧠 The deliberate withholding of information about their son's fate and the refusal to return him is described as slow, enduring psychological torture.
• ⚠️ Taking deceased individuals as negotiation chips and denying them basic human dignity is condemned as a lowest form of terrorist psychological warfare.
• 🤝 The overarching plea is for the international community, including the UN, to step forward and secure the human right to be together as a family.