VZCZCXYZ0001
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUCNDT #0499 1332233
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 132233Z MAY 09
FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6567
INFO RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL IMMEDIATE 1110
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000499 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
SUBJECT: DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORTS TO COUNCIL 
 
¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, the chair of the Security 
Council's Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) 
Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council 
about the Committee's activities over the last ninety days. 
He noted its recent designation of entities and goods in 
response to a request from the Security Council after the 
DPRK missile launch on April 5.  Japan commended the Council 
and Committee for its efforts to respond to the launch and 
urged full implementation of resolution 1718.  Amb. Wolff 
said the Council's April action demonstrated international 
unity and that the DPRK should live up to its international 
obligations and return to the Six-Party Talks.  UK and France 
also commended the Council's efforts in April, urged full 
implementation of sanctions and warned against yielding to 
DPRK threats.  Russia called the Council's response 
"legitimate and balanced" and regretted that the DPRK had 
withdrawn from the Six-Party Talks.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2. (SBU) Turkish Perm Rep Ilkin, chair of the DPRK Sanctions 
Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Security Council on 
May 13 about the Committee's efforts over the last ninety 
days.  In this report, which was delivered in closed 
consultations, he noted that the Security Council agreed on 
April 13 to "adjust the measures" imposed on the DPRK in 
resolution 1718 through the designation of entities and 
goods.  (NOTE: This action was in response to the April 5 
missile launch by the DPRK.  Ilkin explained that the 
Committee had indeed designated three entities and determined 
that a lengthy list of technical goods should be banned for 
transfer to/from the DPRK.  He told the Council that the 
Committee "stands ready to facilitate the implementation of 
these measures." 
 
¶3.  (SBU) Japanese Perm Rep Takasu commended the Committee 
for its efforts and said all Member States should implement 
resolution 1718 fully.  Noting the DPRK's "strong reaction" 
to the Committee's decisions, he underscored the need to call 
on the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks and refrain from 
provocative action.  Amb. Wolff said the Council's consensus 
actions demonstrated international unity and would help 
ensure the DPRK will respect the limits the Council has 
placed on the DPRK's nuclear and missile technology programs. 
 He called the missile launch a serious violation of the 
DPRK's international obligations.  Wolff added that the 
United States urges the DPRK to live up to its international 
obligations and return to the Six-Party Talks without 
precondition. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) UK Perm Rep Sawyers called the Committee's actions 
a "credible and proportionate" response to the DPRK launch. 
He urged the Council to stand ready to respond to any future 
provocative act by the DPRK.  French Perm Rep Ripert said he 
appreciated the flexibility that some Council members showed 
during the April discussion on the DPRK.  He observed that 
the Security Council had acted in a "firm and balanced way," 
adding that inaction would have undermined the whole 
architecture of non-proliferation.  Ripert emphasized the 
need to implement sanctions fully and not to yield to DPRK 
threats. 
 
¶5.  (SBU) Russian Perm Rep Churkin said that the Security 
Council had acted in a "constructive way" in response to the 
DPRK launch.  He said that Russia regrets that Pyongyang 
responded to this "legitimate and balanced" action by 
withdrawing from the Six-Party Talks.  Churkin said Russia 
would spare no effort to get Pyongyang to reengage in that 
process. 
 
Rice