Earlier
today, the U.S. submitted a resolution designed to tighten existing sanctions on North
Korea to the United Nations Security Council. The 22-page proposal was
distributed to all 15 members of the council and is designed to upgrade the
current sanctions against North Korea following the country's recent nuclear
weapons test on January 6th and rocket launch on 7th. In the past decade,
North Korea has conducted four nuclear tests and launched six long-range
missiles, which have all been in violation of U.N. Security Council
resolutions.
Some
of the major points of the resolution included mandatory inspection for all cargo
going in and out of the country, financial sanctions on North Korean
banks/assets, limitations on exporting certain minerals and metals, and the
prohibition of aviation fuel. The resolution also entails a list of
certain North Korean individuals and entities who would be subject to
sanctions.
Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., stated, "These sanctions, if adopted, would send an unambiguous and unyielding message to the DPRK regime... There will be consequences for your actions, and we will work relentlessly and collectively to stop your nuclear program." Power also specified that the resolution is targeted at punishing North Korea's elite rather than the North Korean people as "the North Korean people have suffered so much already under one of the most brutal regimes the world has ever known" (USA),
This
resolution, if adopted, could potentially be strongest set of U.N. sanctions
imposed in more than two decades (CNN). The vote on the resolution could be
decided as soon as this weekend.
How
effective do you think this sanction will be? Will it deter North
Korea from future launches or will North Korea continue to with their antics?
Do you think more sanctions will be necessary in the future?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/02/25/un-ambassador-power-submit-n-korea-sanctions-resolution/80918668/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/25/world/un-north-korea-sanctions-resolution/
1 comment:
I'm not sure that these sanctions will really do anything. The United Nation has constantly placed sanctions on North Korea, and nothing has really changed. They have failed to yield and have continued to work on their nuclear test programs. As of right now, China is North Korea's biggest trade partner. If the UN finds a way to end that relationship, then there will most likely be an impact, but the current proposal will have little to no impact.
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