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. -------------- BACKGROUND -------------- ¶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