An UN draft has now been agreed by the five permanent members of the UNSC plus Japan. This draft has to be passed by all 15 members of the Council.
Major powers agree new NKorea sanctions text
Major powers agree new NKorea sanctions text
Apr 11, 2009 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — Six major powers have agreed a draft statement calling for new sanctions against North Korea over its long-range rocket launch that is expected to be adopted by the full UN Security Council Monday, diplomats said.
The non-binding statement was agreed Saturday in closed-door talks among the five permanent members of the council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Japan and was later submitted to the 10 non-permanent council members. ....
The proposed statement also called for the council "to adjust the measures imposed" in Resolution 1718 to include further sanctions against designated North Korean entities.
The entities once designated "would be subject to an asset freeze and the goods will be prohibited to be transferred to or from the DPRK," Rice said. ...
The draft also urges all parties to return to the six-party talks and to make progress towards the objectives of those talks aimed at the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
The talks, hosted by China and including the United States, South Korea, Japan and Russia, have stalled since December after Pyongyang refused to agree on ways of verifying its claims on nuclear disarmament moves.
The proposed statement, which falls short of a UN resolution which carries more weight, would also condemn last Sunday's North Korean rocket launch "which is in contravention of Security Council Resolution 1718." ....
A presidential statement must be passed by all 15 members of the council.
Since major powers are supporting it, passage is seen as likely. But The New York Times reported that Libya, a rotating Security Council member, expressed reservations Saturday, arguing that launching a satellite for peaceful purposes was the right of all nations. ....
The non-binding statement was agreed Saturday in closed-door talks among the five permanent members of the council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Japan and was later submitted to the 10 non-permanent council members. ....
The proposed statement also called for the council "to adjust the measures imposed" in Resolution 1718 to include further sanctions against designated North Korean entities.
The entities once designated "would be subject to an asset freeze and the goods will be prohibited to be transferred to or from the DPRK," Rice said. ...
The draft also urges all parties to return to the six-party talks and to make progress towards the objectives of those talks aimed at the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
The talks, hosted by China and including the United States, South Korea, Japan and Russia, have stalled since December after Pyongyang refused to agree on ways of verifying its claims on nuclear disarmament moves.
The proposed statement, which falls short of a UN resolution which carries more weight, would also condemn last Sunday's North Korean rocket launch "which is in contravention of Security Council Resolution 1718." ....
A presidential statement must be passed by all 15 members of the council.
Since major powers are supporting it, passage is seen as likely. But The New York Times reported that Libya, a rotating Security Council member, expressed reservations Saturday, arguing that launching a satellite for peaceful purposes was the right of all nations. ....
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