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U.S. names ex-envoy Goldberg to coordinate N. Korea sanctions
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WASHINGTON, June 27 Kyodo -
The United States has appointed former Ambassador to Bolivia Philip Goldberg to
coordinate internal policies on its sanctions against North Korea, the State
Department said Friday.
The new coordinator's task will be to help implement U.N. Security Council
resolutions calling for sanctions against Pyongyang as a punishment for its
nuclear tests, department spokesman Philip Crowley said.
''He has been appointed to lead an interagency effort to implement U.N.
Security Council resolutions 1874 and 1718. He will be traveling in the near
term with an interagency team,'' probably to China, the spokesman said.
The appointment came at a time when the U.S. Navy is tracking and preparing for
a possible interception of a North Korean freighter suspected of carrying
missile and nuclear-related items in the South China Sea.
But China has stressed that any interception of North Korean vessels on the
high seas should be based on ''sufficient evidence,'' and called on all parties
to refrain from any action that could intensify an already tense situation.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said this week that U.N.
Security Council resolution 1874 calling on all 192 member states to carry out cargo
inspections of North Korean vessels suspected of carrying nuclear or missile-related
cargo is a ''complex and sensitive issue'' that should be based on ''reasonable
grounds.''
The U.S. Navy has been monitoring the North Korean ship called the Kang Nam at
sea under new U.N. sanctions that bar Pyongyang from exporting missile and
nuclear-related items.
Since the United States cannot conduct the inspection of the vessel on the high
seas without North Korea's consent, the navy is considering monitoring the ship
until it enters a port for refueling and then asking the local government to
conduct the inspection.
The Kang Nam is reportedly heading toward Singapore, having left North Korea
June 17.
A Singaporean government agency warned Friday it will take appropriate action
if the ship is carrying weapons of mass destruction.
==Kyodo
2009-06-27 23:45:28
WASHINGTON, June 27 Kyodo -
The United States has appointed former Ambassador to Bolivia Philip Goldberg to
coordinate internal policies on its sanctions against North Korea, the State
Department said Friday.
The new coordinator's task will be to help implement U.N. Security Council
resolutions calling for sanctions against Pyongyang as a punishment for its
nuclear tests, department spokesman Philip Crowley said.
''He has been appointed to lead an interagency effort to implement U.N.
Security Council resolutions 1874 and 1718. He will be traveling in the near
term with an interagency team,'' probably to China, the spokesman said.
The appointment came at a time when the U.S. Navy is tracking and preparing for
a possible interception of a North Korean freighter suspected of carrying
missile and nuclear-related items in the South China Sea.
But China has stressed that any interception of North Korean vessels on the
high seas should be based on ''sufficient evidence,'' and called on all parties
to refrain from any action that could intensify an already tense situation.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said this week that U.N.
Security Council resolution 1874 calling on all 192 member states to carry out cargo
inspections of North Korean vessels suspected of carrying nuclear or missile-related
cargo is a ''complex and sensitive issue'' that should be based on ''reasonable
grounds.''
The U.S. Navy has been monitoring the North Korean ship called the Kang Nam at
sea under new U.N. sanctions that bar Pyongyang from exporting missile and
nuclear-related items.
Since the United States cannot conduct the inspection of the vessel on the high
seas without North Korea's consent, the navy is considering monitoring the ship
until it enters a port for refueling and then asking the local government to
conduct the inspection.
The Kang Nam is reportedly heading toward Singapore, having left North Korea
June 17.
A Singaporean government agency warned Friday it will take appropriate action
if the ship is carrying weapons of mass destruction.
==Kyodo
2009-06-27 23:45:28
