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SUBJECT: DPRK: U.S. PROPOSES NEW SANCTIONS DESIGNATIONS 
 
¶1. (SBU) The United States proposed on June 19 a package of 
new sanctions designations (individuals, entities and goods) 
to the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee. 
Resolution 1874, adopted June 12 in response to the May DPRK 
nuclear test, tasked the Committee with making such 
designations within thirty days of the resolution's adoption. 
 The United Kingdom, France and Japan have co-sponsored the 
package.  Russia insisted that proposals for designating 
technical goods must be translated into all UN languages 
before being considered.  The DPRK Sanctions Committee, with 
the support of the Secretariat, reviewed two other tasks 
contained in resolution 1874: the drafting of a Committee 
work program and the establishment of a UN Panel of Experts 
(POE) to help the Committee monitor and improve sanctions 
implementation.  USUN has privately urged the Secretariat not 
to take action on these tasks until key countries -- namely, 
the P-5, Japan and South Korea -- provide input.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) On June 19, the United States submitted to the UN 
Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 
Committee") a package of proposed new sanctions designations. 
 Resolution 1874, adopted on June 12 in response to the 
DPRK's nuclear test in May, tasked the Committee with making 
such designations within thirty days of the resolution's 
adoption.  The U.S. package included fifteen individuals and 
eight entities linked to the DPRK's WMD and ballistic missile 
programs, as well as new technical goods that would be banned 
for transfer to or from the DPRK.  France, Japan and the 
United Kingdom formally co-sponsored the proposal; South 
Korea has indicated that it may co-sponsor at a later date. 
USUN provided Russia and China, the other two countries 
principally involved in the negotiation of resolution 1874, 
with copies of the package before it was submitted to the 
Committee. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) Also on June 19, the DPRK Sanctions Committee held 
its first meeting since the adoption of resolution 1874 to 
consider the implications of that resolution for the 
Committee's work.  Turkish Perm Rep Ilkin, chair of the 
Committee, reviewed three principal taskings contained in the 
new resolution: 1) new sanctions designations, 2) drafting a 
workplan for the Committee, and 3) establishing a UN Panel of 
Experts (POE) to assist the Committee in monitoring and 
improving sanctions implementation. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) USUN Sanctions Unit chief presented the U.S. 
designations package to the Committee, characterizing it as a 
strong and credible response to the May 25 nuclear test.  The 
designation of these entities, he said, would limit the 
DPRK's ability to proliferate WMD and their means of 
delivery.  USUN emphasized that the United States is willing 
to answer questions or provide information to facilitate 
quick review of this package in Committee members' capitals. 
He noted also that the U.S. proposal from April 2009 for the 
designation of eight entities, which are subsidiaries of 
designated entities, remains on the table. 
 
¶5. (SBU) The Russian representative pointedly reminded the 
Committee that, per Committee guidelines, proposals for 
designating technical goods must be translated into all UN 
languages before formal review.  The French representative, 
noting his own country's robust support for multi-lingualism 
at the UN, urged Russia to be flexible on this point, but 
also vowed to seek accelerated translation of the technical 
documents. 
 
¶6. (SBU) The chair thanked the United States, France, Japan 
and the United Kingdom for this designations package.  He 
invited other Committee members also to put forth their own 
designation proposals, but set a deadline of June 26 for the 
receipt of new proposals. 
 
WORK PROGRAM / EXPERT PANEL 
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¶7. (SBU) The chair noted that resolution 1874 had also tasked 
the Committee with developing a "work program covering 
compliance, investigations, outreach, dialogue, assistance 
and cooperation."  He invited the Secretariat to begin work 
on such a document, drawing upon plans developed for other 
sanctions committees.  The U.S. and French delegations 
suggested that the Secretariat consider input from interested 
delegations before beginning to draft the work program.  The 
Secretariat agreed. 
 
¶8.  (SBU) The chair then asked Loraine Rickard-Martin, the 
senior Secretariat official in charge of supporting the 
Committee, to review the steps required to establish a UN 
Panel of Experts (POE), as mandated in resolution 1874. 
Noting that the Secretariat had experience standing up expert 
 
panels for other UN sanctions regimes, Rickard-Martin 
explained that the Committee would need to consider the 
composition, location, tasks and function of the POE. 
 
¶9.  (SBU) Rickard-Martin encouraged the Committee to identify 
which areas of expertise would be needed for this team (e.g,. 
finance, WMD, regional).  She said that, per normal practice, 
the Secretariat would consult its own roster of experts and 
perhaps solicit candidates informally.  Rickard-Martin 
explained that priority would be given to the level of 
expertise, experience, qualifications and field experience; 
geographical and gender balance would also be considered. 
After the Secretariat identifies a slate of candidates, she 
said, the Committee would then be asked to approve it. 
(NOTE: On the margins of this meeting, USUN reminded the 
Secretariat that certain countries -- notably the P-5, Japan 
and South Korea -- had a particular interest in this group 
and that the Secretariat should therefore consult closely 
with this group before taking any action.  END NOTE). 
 
¶10.  (SBU) The Committee will next meet on Friday June 26 to 
consider next steps on designations, the program of work and 
the POE. 
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