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2006-07-18 13:26:00
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UNSC UNANIMOUSLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES,

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TAGS: PREL MARR KNNP PARM UNSC KN
SUBJECT: UNSC UNANIMOUSLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES,
DEMANDS HALT TO MISSILE PROGRAM


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TAGS: PREL MARR KNNP PARM UNSC KN
SUBJECT: UNSC UNANIMOUSLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES,
DEMANDS HALT TO MISSILE PROGRAM



1. The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday,
July 15 to condemn the recent North Korean missile launches.
Resolution 1695 (2006) demands that North Korea "suspend all
activities related to its ballistic missile programme" and
calls on member states to prevent "missile and
missile-related items, materials, goods, and technology" from
being transferred to or procured from the DPRK. The
resolution also "strongly urges" North Korea to return to the
Six-Party Talks and to work towards implementation of the 19
September 2005 Joint Statement. U.S. and Japanese efforts to
gain an explicit reference to Chapter VII of the UN Charter
were dropped in the face of a likely Chinese veto and French
and UK efforts to find compromise language. Full text of
Resolution 1695 at para 4.


2. Following passage, Japanese Vice-Minister Shintaro Ito
emphasized that the DPRK's missile programs pose a very
serious concern to the peace and stability of Japan. He
called the Council's had sent a unified, strong and
unmistakable message to the North Koreans, whom he hoped
would comply fully with the resolution's provisions.
Ambassador Bolton said that he hoped the resolution would
"demonstrate to North Korea that the best way to(end its
international isolation" by "restoring its missile
moratorium, returning to the six-party talks, and
implementing the terms of the (19 September 2005) joint
statement." He added that the resolution affirmed that the
launches and "the propensity of North Korea to proliferate
(ballistic missile) technology" represented "a threat to
international peace and security." Chinese PR Wang called
for all parties to act "with restraint" in order to maintain
peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. Russian PR
Churkin also called for restraint, noting that the resolution
represented a compromise that sent an "appropriate signal" to
the DPRK. The UK, France, Argentina and Tanzania also spoke.


3. Following Council members' statements, DPRK PR Pak Gil
Yon "totally rejected" the resolution and stormed out of the
meeting after telling Council members that the DRPK would

"have no option but to take strong actions" should any
country apply pressure on North Korea to cease the "routine
military exercises," of which the missile launches are a
part. The North Korean delegation further claimed that the
missile launches were the legitimate right of a sovereign
state and therefore not bound by any international law or
multilateral agreement, such as the Joint Statement. The ROK
PR, Choi Young-Jin, noted his government's appreciation for
the Council's actions and called on the DPRK to return to the
six-party talks and avoid further provocative actions.
Replying to the DPRK statement, Ambassador Bolton noted that
it had taken the DPRK less than forty-five minutes to reject
the Council's resolution.


4. Begin text of Resolution 1695:

The Security Council,

Reaffirming its resolutions 825(1993) of 11 May 1993 and 1540
(2004) of 28 April 2004,

Bearing in mind the importance of maintaining peace and
stability on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia at
large,

Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and
biological weapons, as well as their means of delivery,
constitutes a threat to international peace and security,

Expressing grave concern at the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea's (DPRK) launch of ballistic missiles, given the
potential of such systems to be used as a means to deliver
nuclear, chemical or biological payloads,

Registering profound concern at the DPRK's breaking of its
pledge to maintain its moratorium on missile launching,

Expressing further concern that the DPRK endangered civil
aviation and shipping through its failure to provide adequate
advance notice,

Expressing its grave concern about DPRK's indication of
possible additional launches of ballistic missiles in the
near future,

Expressing also its desire for a peaceful and diplomatic
solution to the situation and welcoming efforts by Council
members as well as other Member States to facilitate a
peaceful and comprehensive solution through dialogue,

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 (the Treaty)
and its stated pursuit of nuclear weapons in spite of its
Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards
obligations,

Stressing the importance of the implementation of the Joint
Statement issued on 19 September 2005 by China, DPRK, Japan,
Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United
States,

Affirming that such launches jeopardise peace, stability and
security in the region and beyond, particularly in light of
the DPRK's claim that it has developed nuclear weapons,

Acting under its special responsibility for the maintenance
of international peace and security,


1. Condemns the multiple launches by the DPRK of ballistic
missiles on 5 July 2006 local time;


2. Demands that the DPRK suspend all activities related to
its ballistic missile programme, and in this context
re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a moratorium on
missile launching;


3. Requires all Member States, in accordance with their
national legal authorities and legislation and consistent
with international law, to exercise vigilance and prevent
missile and missile-related items, materials, goods and
technology being transferred to DPRK's missile or WMD
programmes;


4. Requires all Member States, in accordance with their
national legal authorities and legislation and consistent
with international law, to exercise vigilance and prevent the
procurement of missiles or missile related-items, materials,
goods and technology from the DPRK, and the transfer of any
financial resources in relation to DPRK's missile or WMD
programmes;


5. Underlines, in particular to the DPRK, the need to show
restraint and refrain from any action that might aggravate
tension, and to continue to work on the resolution of
non-proliferation concerns through political and diplomatic
efforts;


6. Strongly urges the DPRK to return immediately to the
Six-Party Talks without precondition, to work towards the
expeditious implementation of 19 September 2005 Joint
Statement, in particular to abandon all nuclear weapons and
existing nuclear programmes, and to return at an early date
to the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and
International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards;


7. Supports the six-party talks, calls for their early
resumption, and urges all the participants to intensify their
efforts on the full implementation of the 19 September 2005
Joint Statement with a view to achieving the verifiable
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner
and to maintaining peace and stability on the Korean
Peninsula and in Northeast Asia;


8. Decides to remain seized of the matter.

End Text.
BOLTON