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UNCLAS STATE 070827 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: UNSC KN
SUBJECT: UNSC 1718 INFORMAL MEETING, JULY 2, 2008 
 
¶1.  Mission should draw upon the statement below in July 2 
UNSC informal consultations on UNSCR 1718 on nonproliferation 
in North Korea. 
 
¶2.  The Security Council meets today to discuss events 
concerning the DPRK and the implementation of UNSCR 1718 
concerning nuclear nonproliferation.  I am very pleased to 
note that this meeting takes place against a background of 
positive developments with the DPRK.  I would like to make 
six points. 
 
First, our common goal is a Korean Peninsula free of all 
nuclear weapons. We moved a step closer to that goal when 
DPRK officials submitted a declaration of their nuclear 
programs to the Chinese government as part of the Six-Party 
Talks.  We welcome this development as one step in the 
multi-step process laid out by the Six-Party Talks between 
the DPRK, China, Japan, Russia, the ROK, and the United 
States.  Last year, the DPRK committed to disable its nuclear 
facilities. The DPRK has begun disabling the three core 
facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear complex -- which was 
producing plutonium for nuclear weapons.  This work is being 
overseen by officials from the United States and the IAEA, 
and the DPRK has demonstrated its commitment to the 
disablement of its nuclear facilities by destroying the 
cooling tower of the Yongbyon reactor in front of 
international television cameras. 
 
Second, last year, the DPRK committed to declare its nuclear 
activities. With last week,s declaration, the DPRK has begun 
describing its plutonium-related activities.  It has also 
provided production records related to its nuclear programs 
dated back to 1986.  It has promised access to the reactor 
core and waste facilities at Yongbyon as well as to documents 
and personnel related to its nuclear program.  All this 
information will be essential to verifying that the DPRK is 
ending its nuclear programs and activities. 
 
Third, the United States lifted the application of the 
Trading with the Enemy Act with regards to the DPRK and has 
taken the initial steps necessary to rescind the designation 
of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism.  These actions 
will have little impact on the DPRK,s financial and 
diplomatic isolation.  The DPRK will remain one of the most 
heavily sanctioned nations in the world.  The U.S. sanctions 
that the DPRK faces for its human rights violations, its 
nuclear test in 2006, and its weapons proliferation will all 
stay in effect. All United Nations Security Council 
sanctions, including those in Resolution 1718, will stay in 
effect as well. 
 
Fourth, the United States has no illusions about the regime 
in Pyongyang. We remain deeply concerned about the DPRKs 
human rights abuses, uranium enrichment activities, nuclear 
testing and proliferation, ballistic missile programs, and 
the threat it continues to pose to the ROK and its neighbors. 
 
 
Fifth, the Six-Party process has shed light on a number of 
issues of serious concern to the United States and the 
international community. To end its isolation, the DPRK must 
address these concerns.  It must dismantle all of its nuclear 
facilities, give up its separated plutonium, abandon all 
nuclear weapons, resolve outstanding questions on its highly 
enriched uranium and proliferation activities, and end these 
activities in a way that we can fully verify.  The DPRK must 
also meet other obligations it has undertaken in the 
Six-Party Talks. The United States will never forget the 
abduction of Japanese citizens by the DPRK.  We will continue 
to closely cooperate and coordinate with Japan and press the 
DPRK to swiftly resolve the abduction issue. 
 
Sixth, as President Bush has noted, multilateral diplomacy is 
the best way to peacefully solve the nuclear issue with the 
DPRK.  Strong multilateral diplomacy can yield promising 
results.  Yet the diplomatic process is not an end in itself. 
 Our ultimate goal remains clear: a stable and peaceful 
Korean Peninsula, where people are free from oppression, free 
from hunger and disease, and free from nuclear weapons.  At 
the end of this process, we expect to see the verified 
abandonment of all nuclear weapons, programs and materials. 
The journey toward that goal remains long, but we have taken 
important steps in the right direction. 
RICE