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Korea Herald
4 days ago
- Politics
- Korea Herald
US official briefs UN on NK sanctions monitoring report
A US diplomat briefed UN member states on a recent report by an international North Korea sanctions monitoring team at the UN in New York on Thursday, focusing on military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, the State Department said. Seth Bailey, the department's director for Korean and Mongolian affairs, gave the briefing on the first report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, a group established in October last year to monitor and report violations and evasions of UN sanctions on North Korea. The MSMT was established after a UN expert panel, tasked with monitoring sanctions enforcement, was disbanded in April last year due to Russia's veto of a resolution to extend its mandate. The new group consists of 11 countries, including South Korea, the United States, Japan, Australia and Canada. "Director Bailey detailed evidence of North Korea's arms and materiel transfers to Russia, Russia's transfer of military technology to North Korea, and Russia's training of North Korean troops in Russia," the department said in a media note. "Director Bailey shared that the United States continues to support the complete denuclearization of North Korea and is determined to hold it accountable for its UN sanctions violations," it added. The diplomat also noted that the MSMT aims to continue publishing "timely, globally relevant and fact-based" reports on North Korea's UN sanctions violations across a range of topics. Released in late May, the first MSMT report found that Russia has provided the North with air defense systems, electronic warfare jamming devices and other military support since late last year in violation of UN sanctions Thursday's briefing came as Russia and North Korea have been deepening bilateral cooperation as seen in a recent visit to Pyongyang by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the North's reported decision to send additional military personnel to Russia. (Yonhap)
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
U.N. report cites 'flagrant' violations by Russia and North Korea
July 17 (UPI) -- Russian and North Korean officials violated U.N. resolutions regarding arms, troops and refined petroleum shipments throughout 2024 and beyond, a U.N. report says. Evidence shows North Korea many times shipped arms and material to Russia, which trained North Korean troops for combat against Ukrainian forces, Seth Bailey, the U.S. State Department's director for Korean and Mongolian Affairs, told U.N. members on Thursday. In exchange, Russia shipped refined petroleum products, military equipment and military technology to North Korea, Bailey said. The actions by both nations violate U.N. resolutions, as outlined in a 29-page U.N. report compiled by its Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team and published on May 29. The report focuses on illegal military cooperation between North Korea and Russia and says the "rapid expansion of military, political and economic cooperation' between the two nations has caused "ongoing flagrant violations" of U.N. Security Council resolutions. "Throughout 2024, North Korea and Russia engaged in myriad unlawful activities explicitly prohibited" by the United Nations, the report says. The violations include the transfer of arms and material, including artillery, ballistic missiles and combat vehicles, from North Korea to Russia via sea, air and rail. North Korea also sent troops to Russia, which the Russian military trained for direct support in its war against Ukraine, according to the report. Russia also has shipped refined petroleum products to North Korea that "far exceed the yearly United Nations Security Council-mandated cap," with payments processed via banking relations between Russia and North Korea. "These forms of unlawful cooperation between [North Korea]and Russia contributed to Moscow's ability to increase its missile attacks against Ukrainian cities, including targeted strikes against critical civilian infrastructure," the report says. Russia's assistance has enabled North Korea to fund its military programs and continue developing its ballistic missiles program, which is banned by the United Nations. North Korea also "gains first-hand experience in modern warfare in return for its military support to Russia against Ukraine," the report says. Such military support includes the deployment of 11,000 North Korean troops to Russia since October. "The official confirmation of North Korean military support to Russia by both governments in April 2025 suggests that, at least for the foreseeable future, North Korea and Russia intend to continue and further deepen their military cooperation in contravention of relevant UNSCRs," according to the report. Solve the daily Crossword
