GUIDANCE FOR RESPONDING TO THE DPRK SANCTIONS

UNCLAS STATE 119325

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KN PARM PREL UNSC
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE FOR RESPONDING TO THE DPRK SANCTIONS
COMMITTEE CHAIR'S 90-DAY REPORT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL
AND THE INTERIM REPORT FROM THE DPRK PANEL OF EXPERTS


1. USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 3 to
respond to the 1718 (DPRK sanctions) Committee Panel of
Experts Interim Report and Chairman's 90-day report on
November 19 to the Security Council.

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BACKGROUND
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2. Pursuant to paragraph 12 of resolution 1718 (2006),the
Chairman (Ertrugul Apakan, Turkey) of the Security Council
Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1718 (2006) will
provide on November 19 his next interim report to the
Security Council outlining Committee activities over the past
90 days. The Council will also discuss the DPRK Panel of
Experts (POE) Interim Report. This briefing presents an
opportunity to encourage the Council to sustain the momentum
on 1874 implementation, and to support the POE's efforts as
an integral part of the Council's work to improve sanctions
implementation.


3. Begin Talking Points:

--Thank-you, Mr. President. I would like to express our
appreciation to Ambassador Apakan for his leadership of this
Committee. We hope you will continue to lead the Committee
in a vigorous and sustained pace of work.

--The United States believes that the Interim Report of the
Panel of Experts provides an excellent basis for the Panel's
work in the months ahead. This high quality report, prepared
under a tight schedule, lays out an ambitious and appropriate
set of tasks for the Panel. This work is even more urgent in
light of the two serious sanctions violations that occurred
and were reported to the Committee in the last few months.
We hope that the Panel, in line with its mandate, can provide
further information on these and other violations -- as well
as any others that are reported -- and help us prevent their
recurrence.

--We also believe, building on the unity we showed in
adopting Resolution 1874, the Committee should be innovative,
active, and persistent in carrying out its mandate. With the
Panel's support and the broad political consensus in favor of
these measures, we urge the 1718 Committee to become a model
for the effective implementation of Security Council
sanctions measures. This task should be made easier with the
assistance of the Panel of Experts, which we expect will
substantially increase the Committee's capacity to carry out
its mandate.

--Mr. President, we remind the Council of the need to
maintain the momentum behind full and transparent
implementation of Resolutions 1718 and 1874. The United
States has been pleased by the high level of coordination in
the global effort to enforce these measures. We must sustain
this partnership in order for these measures to achieve their
ultimate purpose -- namely, the complete and verifiable
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful
manner. Recent events, including North Korea's launches last
month of short-range ballistic missiles in violation of
Resolutions 1718 and 1874, highlight the urgency of the
threat of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
Implementation, therefore, must be robust, credible,
transparent, and sustained, even as the United States and the
Five-Party partners engage North Korea diplomatically through
the Six-Party framework.

--Finally, the United States is pleased to host the Panel of
Experts today (November 19) and tomorrow (November 20) in
Washington for a series of meetings with U.S. regional and
technical experts. We encourage all states to engage
positively with the POE and to share information that will
assist the group in carrying out its mandate.

End Talking Points
CLINTON