‍More attention should be paid to disabled people in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a United Nations official urged at a news conference in Pyongyang on Monday.

Catalina Devandas Aguilar, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of People with Disabilities, paid an eight-day visit to the DPRK to look into the situation of people, especially children, with disabilities in the country.

Aguilar also held talks with DPRK officials during her stay.

On the last full day of her visit to Pyongyang, Aguilar talked to a small group of foreign and DPRK media and urged the UN and other international organizations to "make all of their projects inclusive of persons with disabilities and to mainstream disabilities in all of their humanitarian strategies and programs in the country," according to AP news agency.

This visit was first announced by the UN's Human Rights Council on April 27. Invited by the DPRK government, Aguilar is the first official designated by the UN's Human Rights Council to be allowed to enter the country.