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2009-09-11 22:14:00
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Secretary of State
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USUN INSTRUCTION: UNSC SESSION ON DPRK/UNSC

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KN PARM PREL UNSC
SUBJECT: USUN INSTRUCTION: UNSC SESSION ON DPRK/UNSC
RESOLUTION 1874

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KN PARM PREL UNSC
SUBJECT: USUN INSTRUCTION: UNSC SESSION ON DPRK/UNSC
RESOLUTION 1874


1. (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2.


2. (SBU) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: The UN Security Council
is scheduled to discuss DPRK/UNSC Resolution 1874 in closed
consultations on Monday, September 14, 2009. Originally,
this session was intended for the Council to review an
interim report from the DPRK Panel of Experts (POE),
established in UNSC Resolution 1874. Although Resolution
1874 requested this report by September 12, the POE will not
be constituted in time to meet this deadline. We expect the
Secretariat will brief the Council on the delay and suggest
that the POE be given an additional sixty days to prepare a
detailed and comprehensive report. The Council may then
choose to review the report at the next regularly-scheduled
90-day briefing by the UNSC 1718 Committee in mid-November.
USUN may draw upon the points outlined in paragraph 3 during
the session.


3. (U) BEGIN POINTS:

-- I would like to thank the Secretariat for providing us
with an update on the Panel of Experts.

-- I would also like to welcome Ambassador Apakan to the
chairmanship of the 1718 Committee. I have no doubt you will
continue the excellent work of your predecessors. We are
also particularly grateful to Mr. Corman, under whose interim
chairmanship the Committee accomplished a number of major
tasks set forth in Resolution 1874.

-- We regret the Panel of Experts is not yet fully
operational and carrying out its important work. We
recognize, however, that the Panel will need more time to
prepare a comprehensive and detailed interim report,
including recommendations on how to improve implementation of
the relevant measures. This is acceptable to us.

-- The Panel already has one big item on its agenda: the
sanctions violation reported by a member state to the
Committee last month. We hope the Panel will help the
Committee investigate this case thoroughly and recommend ways
to detect and prevent future violations.

-- In this regard, we note the Council recently referred
North Korea's September 3 letter to the Committee.

-- As I noted last week, this letter - in which North Korea
rejected resolution 1874 and made disturbing, but
unverifiable claims about its nuclear program - was
apparently triggered by the 1718 Committee's request for
information regarding the sanctions violation reported by a
Member State in August.

-- This letter certainly raises serious concerns. We hope
the Panel can review this letter carefully, as it has
implications for the full implementation of the measures
imposed in resolutions 1718 and 1874.

END POINTS.
CLINTON