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Thu, 07/23/2009 - 10:59
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Senate passes resolution to assess possible relisting of N. Korea
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Senate Wednesday demanded that the Barack Obama administration consider relisting North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism amid fresh allegations that North Korea is proliferating nuclear and missile technology.
The Senate approved a resolution to that effect by a vote of 66-31. The
resolution was sponsored by Sen. John Kerry (D-Ma), chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
The resolution calls for Obama to submit a report within 30 days on Pyongyang's
record on weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism since it was
removed from the U.S. State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism in
October. The report will allow officials to "assess the effectiveness" of
relisting the North, the resolution said.
The resolution, which also described North Korea as "a threat to the northeast
Asian region and to international peace and security," came as U.S. officials
raised fresh concerns over North Korea's alleged nuclear and missile technology
transfer to Myanmar.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday expressed "growing concerns" over
"military cooperation between North Korea and Burma, which we take very
seriously," hinting at the possible transfer of nuclear and missile technology to
Myanmar, formerly Burma.
At a daily news briefing Wednesday, State Department spokesman Robert Wood
reinforced Clinton's remarks.
"What the secretary said was that we and our other partners in the region are
very concerned about military cooperation, the extent of military cooperation
between Burma and North Korea," Wood said. "And what we want to see happen is
that U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874 be fully implemented. We intend to do
that, and we encourage other countries to do that as well."
A North Korean cargo ship, possibly on its way to Myanmar, returned home recently
after a pursuit by U.S. Navy vessels operating under an interdiction mandate
imposed recently by the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874, which was adopted
in early June after North Korea's second nuclear test on May 25.
The resolution bans the North from any further nuclear and ballistic missile
tests and imposes financial sanctions, an overall arms embargo and cargo
interdictions to head off the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by the
North.
Under the resolution, the U.N. Security Council slapped fresh sanctions on North
Korea last week by listing five North Korean officials and as many North Korean
firms subject to a travel ban and asset freeze for their involvement in nuclear
and missile development programs.
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Senate Wednesday demanded that the Barack Obama administration consider relisting North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism amid fresh allegations that North Korea is proliferating nuclear and missile technology.
The Senate approved a resolution to that effect by a vote of 66-31. The
resolution was sponsored by Sen. John Kerry (D-Ma), chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
The resolution calls for Obama to submit a report within 30 days on Pyongyang's
record on weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism since it was
removed from the U.S. State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism in
October. The report will allow officials to "assess the effectiveness" of
relisting the North, the resolution said.
The resolution, which also described North Korea as "a threat to the northeast
Asian region and to international peace and security," came as U.S. officials
raised fresh concerns over North Korea's alleged nuclear and missile technology
transfer to Myanmar.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday expressed "growing concerns" over
"military cooperation between North Korea and Burma, which we take very
seriously," hinting at the possible transfer of nuclear and missile technology to
Myanmar, formerly Burma.
At a daily news briefing Wednesday, State Department spokesman Robert Wood
reinforced Clinton's remarks.
"What the secretary said was that we and our other partners in the region are
very concerned about military cooperation, the extent of military cooperation
between Burma and North Korea," Wood said. "And what we want to see happen is
that U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874 be fully implemented. We intend to do
that, and we encourage other countries to do that as well."
A North Korean cargo ship, possibly on its way to Myanmar, returned home recently
after a pursuit by U.S. Navy vessels operating under an interdiction mandate
imposed recently by the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874, which was adopted
in early June after North Korea's second nuclear test on May 25.
The resolution bans the North from any further nuclear and ballistic missile
tests and imposes financial sanctions, an overall arms embargo and cargo
interdictions to head off the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by the
North.
Under the resolution, the U.N. Security Council slapped fresh sanctions on North
Korea last week by listing five North Korean officials and as many North Korean
firms subject to a travel ban and asset freeze for their involvement in nuclear
and missile development programs.
