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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 was adopted unanimously by the United NationsSecurity Council on October 14, 2006. The resolution imposes a series of economic and commercialsanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the DPRK, or North Korea) in the aftermath

of that nation's claimed nuclear test of October 9, 2006.

The resolution's provisions include:

North Korea must "not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile", "suspendall activities related to its ballistic missile programme" and "abandon all nuclear weapons andexisting nuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner".The DPRK must also "return immediately to the six-party talks without precondition".Shipments of cargo going to and from North Korea may be stopped and inspected for weaponsof mass destruction or associated items (however, there is no obligation placed on memberstates to perform such inspections).

A ban is placed on imports and exports of "battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large calibreartillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems","related materiel including spare parts" and any other items identified by the sanctionscommittee.UN member states must freeze the overseas assets of individuals and companies involved withthe DPRK's weapons programmes. An international travel ban is also placed on programmeemployees and their families.UN members are banned from exporting luxury goods to North Korea.

United Nations resolution 1874

The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted June 12, 2009 to impose additional security andeconomic sanctions and a trade and arms embargo on North Korea for testing a nuclear device May25, 2009 so for testing a long-range ballistic missile in April.

The resolution, number 1874, was submitted to the Security Council on June 10 by the fivepermanent members of the Council Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States andalso Japan and South Korea. Significantly, the measure calls on U.N. members to inspect NorthKorean cargo ships and cargo-laden aircraft to seize and destroy any weapons or materials that arein violation of the U.N.-imposed sanctions.

Provisions of the resolution:

It imposes a total embargo on arms exports from North Korea and expands the ban on armsimports. It creates a new framework for nations to cooperate in inspecting cargo ships and airplanessuspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction and other banned goods. It calls on nations and international financial institutions to disrupt funds that could support NorthKoreas nuclear and missile development programs. It commits to create targeted sanctions on any additional goods, entities and individuals involvedin North Koreas illicit behaviour.

It strengthens the mechanisms to monitor and tighten the implementation of this new sanctionsregime.

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Latest UN- North Korea

Ban welcomes DPR Koreas release of detained US national

27 August 2010 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the release of Aijalon MahliGomes, a United States national who was freed by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea(DPRK) on humanitarian grounds during a visit to Pyongyang by former US President JimmyCarter.Mr. Carter reportedly secured the release of Mr. Gomes, a 31-year-old American who has beenin the DPRKs custody since January 2010 after being arrested for entering the country illegally,and who was sentenced in April to eight years of hard labour and a fine of $700,000.Mr. Ban is also encouraging emergency humanitarian assistance to DPRK, which has beenaffected by recent flooding.Heavy downpours last week swelled the Yalu River, which forms part of the border between

DPRK and China, sending water spilling over its banks on both sides. The floods have reportedlywashed away homes, roads, railways and farmland and caused an unspecified number of deaths.The Secretary-General has been closely following with concern on the flood situation in theDPRK and its possible impact on the already vulnerable humanitarian situation there and thefunding gaps faced by the UN Humanitarian Country Team, said the statement.