; and (B) provide a valuable service for countering regime propaganda and false narratives. (12) The position of Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues was vacant from January 2017 to December 2022, even though the President is required to appoint a Senate-confirmed Special Envoy to fill this position in accordance with section 107 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 ( 22 U.S.C. 7817 ). In January 2023 President Biden nominated Julie Turner as Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights and Issues and her nomination is currently awaiting Senate confirmation. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) promoting information access in North Korea continues to be a successful method of countering DPRK propaganda and the United States Government should continue to support nongovernmental radio broadcasting to North Korea and promote other emerging methods in this space; (2) because refugees among North Koreans fleeing into China face severe punishments upon their forcible return, the United States should urge the Government of the People’s Republic of China— (A) to immediately halt its forcible repatriation of North Koreans; (B) to allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (referred to in this section as UNHCR ) unimpeded access to North Koreans within China to determine whether they are refugees and require assistance; (C) to fulfill its obligations as a state party to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, done at Geneva July 28, 1951 (and made applicable by the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, done at New York January 31, 1967 (19 UST 6223) and the Agreement on the upgrading of the UNHCR Mission in the People’s Republic of China to UNHCR branch office in the People’s Republic of China, done at Geneva December 1, 1995; (D) to address the concerns of the United Nations Committee Against Torture by incorporating into domestic legislation the principle of non-refoulement