Under the previous four rounds of United Nations sanctions imposed since the country’s first nuclear test in 2006, North Korea is banned from importing or exporting nuclear or missile items and technology as well as luxury goods.
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The US Treasury Department separately announced sanctions against two entities and 10 individuals with ties to North Korea’s weapons programs, and the State Department added three entities and two individuals to its sanctions blacklist.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the aim of the sanctions was to shut down financial support for North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic programs and encourage a return to talks.
For instance, member nations will now be mandated to inspect all cargo going to and from North Korea.
China had tried in vain to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong-un not to test his missiles and nuclear weapons.
Other provisions, however, appear to be unconnected to Pyongyang’s arms development but were in the bill, including a ban on Pyongyang from sending taekwondo instructors to train foreign police forces.
Although prices have fallen in recent years, minerals still account for 53 percent of North Korea’s $2.5 billion in exports to China, its chief supplier of oil.
Pyongyang “must put a stop to these provocations and take tangible steps to re-engage constructively with the global community, ” he said, adding “If it is willing to change its approach and take concrete steps towards re-engagement, it will find that the worldwide community will respond positively”. American officials had called for a swift adoption.
There was no immediate reaction from the North Korean U.N. mission.
In his statement to the Council, Ri also accused the United States and others of paying “so-called North Korean defectors” for their testimony.
The resolution calls for comprehensive inspections of all cargo leaving and heading for North Korea. Under a previous resolution, they were only encouraged to do so. Coal originating from outside North Korea and transported for export from the port of Rason can also be excluded with United Nations approval. Please see our terms of service for more information.
The same concern overshadows the latest resolution.
The relationship is what has allowed North Korea to retains links and access to the global economy, and get the funds it needs to develop its nuclear, missile, and space programs, says Jonathan Pollack, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Brookings Institution think tank, according to The Washington Post.
-Prohibit the supplying of aviation fuel – including rocket fuel – and the sale of small arms to North Korea.
It also expresses the council’s “determination to take further significant measures” in the event of another North Korean nuclear test or launch. But China does not wish to push that hard.
Russian Federation echoed that view, with Ambassador Vitaly Churkin saying the resolution is created to “shut down as much as possible the financing” of North Korea’s weapons program to push Pyongyang back to the negotiating table.
The New York Times reports the sanctions would not affect tens of thousands of North Koreans employed in factories, construction projects and logging camps in China, Russia, the Middle East and Africa. That includes coal, iron, gold and titanium.
Military drill… South Korean army soldiers work on K-1 tanks during the annual exercise in Paju, near the border with North Korea.
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The resolution would not affect tens of thousands of North Koreans employed in factories, construction projects and logging camps in China, Russia, the Middle East and Africa.
