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U.N. sanctions committee to blacklist N. Korean officials
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- About a dozen North Korean officials are expected to
be banned from overseas travel under a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing
sanctions on the communist nation for its recent nuclear test, diplomatic sources
here said Tuesday.
Resolution 1874, issued on June 12, obliges the 15-member committee under the
Council to draw up a list of entities, goods, and individuals to be subject to
sanctions, including embargoes and travel bans, "within thirty days of adoption"
of the resolution.
"The member governments should have agreed on the list by July 12 to meet the
first deadline, but they decided to continue discussions for a few more days," a
foreign ministry source said. "There appears to be progress in the consultations
and a deal will be made as early as tomorrow."
The source said the North's traditional allies, China and Russia, have again been
involved in disputes with the U.S. and Japan over the scope of sanctions.
"I think the 15 member countries will try to reach an agreement as early as
possible to reduce the political burden," the source said. "If agreed, the list
will include mostly technology-related officials and experts involved in North
Korea's development of missile and nuclear programs. The Council will not target
top-level officials like leader Kim Jong-il."
Among about a dozen North Korean officials likely to be blacklisted, according to
the source, is Ju Kyu-chang, first vice director of the Ministry of Defense
Industry, who is believed to have executed the North's firing of a long-range
rocket in April. Ju is known to be one of Kim's confidants.
Meanwhile, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei headed back home after a
three-day trip here as part of a rare regional tour that also took him to Russia,
the U.S., and Japan.
Wu, chairman of the six-way talks on the North's nuclear program, met with South
Korea's top nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac and other senior government officials to
discuss ways to implement the U.N. resolution.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- About a dozen North Korean officials are expected to
be banned from overseas travel under a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing
sanctions on the communist nation for its recent nuclear test, diplomatic sources
here said Tuesday.
Resolution 1874, issued on June 12, obliges the 15-member committee under the
Council to draw up a list of entities, goods, and individuals to be subject to
sanctions, including embargoes and travel bans, "within thirty days of adoption"
of the resolution.
"The member governments should have agreed on the list by July 12 to meet the
first deadline, but they decided to continue discussions for a few more days," a
foreign ministry source said. "There appears to be progress in the consultations
and a deal will be made as early as tomorrow."
The source said the North's traditional allies, China and Russia, have again been
involved in disputes with the U.S. and Japan over the scope of sanctions.
"I think the 15 member countries will try to reach an agreement as early as
possible to reduce the political burden," the source said. "If agreed, the list
will include mostly technology-related officials and experts involved in North
Korea's development of missile and nuclear programs. The Council will not target
top-level officials like leader Kim Jong-il."
Among about a dozen North Korean officials likely to be blacklisted, according to
the source, is Ju Kyu-chang, first vice director of the Ministry of Defense
Industry, who is believed to have executed the North's firing of a long-range
rocket in April. Ju is known to be one of Kim's confidants.
Meanwhile, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei headed back home after a
three-day trip here as part of a rare regional tour that also took him to Russia,
the U.S., and Japan.
Wu, chairman of the six-way talks on the North's nuclear program, met with South
Korea's top nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac and other senior government officials to
discuss ways to implement the U.N. resolution.
lcd@yna.co.kr
(END)
