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SUBJECT: DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE APPROVES AMBITIOUS PROGRAM OF 
WORK 
 
¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee has approved 
and submitted to the Security Council a Program of Work, as 
was requested from the Committee in resolution 1874.  Modeled 
on similar documents in other sanctions regimes, the Program 
of Work provides for increased Committee activities with 
regard to sanctions compliance, investigations, outreach, 
dialogue, assistance and cooperation.  It sets an ambitious 
agenda for the Committee over the next year.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2. (SBU) On July 15, the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions 
Committee ("1718 Committee") approved and submitted to the 
Security Council an ambitious Program of Work (POW) for its 
activities in the coming year.  In resolution 1874, the 
Security Council requested the Committee develop this 
document by July 15.  (NOTE: Resolution 1874 tasked the 
Committee to "intensify its efforts to promote the full 
implementation" of relevant resolutions through a "work 
program covering compliance, investigations, outreach, 
dialogue, assistance and cooperation."  END NOTE.)  The 1718 
Committee negotiated this document in parallel with its work 
on other taskings contained in resolution 1874, namely new 
sanctions designations and establishing a UN Panel of Experts 
(POE) to help monitor sanctions implementation. 
 
¶3. (SBU) The 1718 Committee's POW (emailed to Department) 
proposes new activities for the Committee in two categories: 
"Compliance and investigations" and "Outreach, dialogue, 
assistance and cooperation."  The Secretariat, which prepared 
the first draft in consultation with key members including 
the United States, modeled the POW on similar documents for 
other sanctions committee and the 1540 Committee. 
 
¶4. (SBU) Under "Compliance and investigations," the final POW 
envisions that the Committee will: 
 
-- Review regularly the reports received from Member States 
on their implementation of the sanctions; 
 
-- Request from Member State additional reporting and 
clarifications, as needed, on States' sanctions 
implementation; 
 
-- Respond to alleged sanctions violations (e.g., soliciting 
more information, reminding Member States of their 
obligations, referring the matter to the Security Council, 
alerting other Member States of the circumstances of the 
violation); 
 
-- Continue to consider new sanctions designations of goods, 
entities and individuals; 
 
-- Identify and request information from Member State about 
subsidiaries of listed entities; 
 
-- Review reports from Member States to the Committee about 
intercepted and seized cargo; 
 
-- Consider and take action on reports from the 
newly-established Panel of Experts (POE); 
 
-- Prepare guidance on the definition of "small arms and 
light weapons" (which are exempted from the ban on arms 
transfers to the DPRK). 
 
¶5.  (SBU) Under "Outreach, dialogue, assistance and 
cooperation," the POW Qisions that the Committee will: 
 
-- Prepare handouts for Member States detailing the 
obligations contained in resolutions 1718 and 1874; 
 
-- Make available information regarding the training of DPRK 
nationals in proliferation-sensitive disciplines; 
 
-- Continue to report every ninety days to the Security 
Council, including with observations and recommendations on 
the effectiveness of the sanctions; 
 
-- Consider country visits by the chair and/or Committee 
members, in particular to States requesting technical 
assistance in implementing the sanctions; 
 
-- Arrange briefings by the chair for interested Member State 
and press on any aspects of the Committee's work; 
 
-- Invite other Member State, Secretariat staff and 
international organizations or agencies to meet with the 
Committee to share information; 
 
-- Explore with States and international organizations 
"lessons learned" in the implementation of resolutions 1718 
and 1874; 
 
-- Develop, with the assistance of the POE, informal guidance 
on how to implement the ban on the import of luxury items and 
provisions of resolution 1874 that apply to the functioning 
of diplomatic missions in the DPRK; 
 
-- Supply upon request information to Member States any 
available information about the implementation of the 
sanctions. 
 
¶6.  (SBU) During the negotiation of the POW, a few 
delegations -- often Libya, Russia and Vietnam -- objected to 
 
language that they claimed would "exceed the mandate" of the 
1718 Committee.  For example, these delegations sought to 
limit the scope of possible country visits by the Committee's 
chair.  Most Committee members, however, particularly the P-3 
and Japan, said they believed the final document set an 
ambitious agenda, which will keep the Committee occupied for 
months to come and provide new tools and procedures for 
dealing with the DPRK proliferation threat. 
RICE