DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS TO CO-SPONSOR RESOLUTION

UNCLAS STATE 112806 KINSHASA FOR BRAZZAVILLE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS TO CO-SPONSOR RESOLUTION ON DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHINGS REF: A) STATE 111132 B) STATE 111144 ¶1. This is an Action Request - see para 2. ¶2. The text of a Japanese-drafted UNSC resolution on the DPRK missile launches of July 4-5 has been put into final form ("put in blue") by SC members and will be voted on soon (text is in para 4). Russia and China have argued in favor of a UNSC Presidential Statement; the position Russia and China will take on the resolution is still unclear. Addressee posts are requested to demarche host governments as soon as possible at the highest level available to request that their delegations be instructed to vote for the resolution and that those who have not already done so (Argentina, Peru, Congo-B, Tanzania and Qatar) join in co-sponsoring the resolution. Points are in para 3; posts may also draw upon reftel points as appropriate and necessary. Moscow and Beijing can draw from these points as appropriate. Please report results of demarche to IO/UNP and EAP/K as well as to USUN. ¶3. Begin points. -- After extensive consultations, Japan submitted a final draft resolution to Security Council members concerning the DPRK's launching of seven missiles on July 4-5, including an inter-continental range Taepo Dong-2. We expect this resolution to be voted on soon. -- Adoption of this resolution will send the strongest possible message to the DPRK that its provocative conduct is a threat to international peace and security and will not be tolerated by the international community. -- It is important that this message be strong and unanimous. We urge you to instruct your delegation to vote in favor of the resolution. (For Accra, Buenos Aires, Brazzaville, Dar as-Salaam, Doha and Lima) -- We also strongly urge you to instruct your delegation to join co-sponsorship of this resolution, Already, Japan, Denmark, France, Greece, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States have done so. -- While we would like to achieve unanimous support for this resolution, we believe it is even more important that the Security Council send the strongest possible message to the DPRK. End points. ¶3. Final text of draft resolution: The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 825 (1993) of 11 May 1993 and 1540 (2004) of 28 April 2004; Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security; Deploring that the Democratic People,s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is a leading proliferator of ballistic missiles and related technology; Registering profound concern that the multiple launches on 5 July 2006 local time of ballistic missiles developed under a military programme violated the DPRK,s pledge to maintain a moratorium on missile launching; Expressing further concern that the DPRK endangered civil aviation and shipping through its failure to provide adequate advance notice; Recalling that the DPRK launched an object propelled by a missile without prior notification to the countries in the region, which fell into the waters in the vicinity of Japan on 31 August 1998; Deploring the DPRK,s announcement of withdrawal from the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and its tated pursuit of nuclear weapons in spite of its Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (the Treaty) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards obligations; Expressing grave concern that the DPRK,s launch of ballistic missiles, given the potential of such systems to be used as a means to deliver nuclear, chemical or biological payloads, increases tension in the East Asia region and beyond; Recalling that in the 19 September 2005 Joint Statement, the DPRK committed to abandoning all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes and returning, at an early date, to the Treaty and to IAEA safeguards, and that in that context, steps would be taken toward normalization of relations with other parties, subject to bilateral policies and concerns which need to be resolved as quickly as possible; Reaffirming its resolve to take appropriate and effective actions against any threat to international peace and security caused by the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery, in conformity with its primary responsibilities, as provided for in the United Nations Charter; Determining that these launches constitute a threat to international peace and security, as would future such launches or test of a nuclear device, particularly in light of the DPRK,s declaration that it has developed nuclear weapons; Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, ¶1. Condemns the multiple launches by the DPRK of ballistic missiles on 5 July 2006 local time; ¶2. Decides that the DPRK shall immediately cease the development, testing, deployment and proliferation of ballistic missiles and re-establish its pre-existing commitments to moratorium on missile launching; ¶3. Decides that Member States shall take those steps necessary to prevent missiles and missile-related items, materials, goods and technology being transferred, including through intermediaries, to end users involved in or supplying DPRK,s missile and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programmes; ¶4. Decides that Member States shall take those steps necessary to prevent the procurement of missiles or missile-related items, materials, goods and technology from the DPRK, and the transfer of any financial resources to end users involved in or supplying DPRK,s missile or WMD programmes; ¶5. Strongly urges the DPRK to immediately return to the Six-Party Talks without precondition to work toward the expeditious implementation of the 19 September 2005 Joint Statement, and to cease all work on nuclear-related activities with the aim of the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of all DPRK nuclear programmes, including both plutonium reprocessing and uranium enrichment. ¶6. Decides to remain seized of the matter. RICE NNNN