United Nations: Security Council tightens sanctions against North Korea

The international community wants to restrict supplies of petrol, diesel and oil to the regime. There should also be an export ban on foodstuffs.

United Nations: Security Council tightens sanctions against North Korea

Because of North Korea's ongoing missile testing, UN Security Council unanimously adopted new sanctions against isolated country. The sanctions proposed by United States foresee, among or things, capping of annual imports of oil, diesel and kerosene. As of January 2018, annual oil imports will be capped at four million barrels as well as diesel and kerosene importation to 500,000 barrels. That's a cut by almost 90 percent.

In addition, UN Resolutionsieht an export ban on foodstuffs and agricultural products, machinery, electrical equipment, earth, rocks and wood, and on ships. Or countries are prohibited from selling industrial machinery, transport vehicles, iron, steel and or metals to North Korea.

Zudemwerden in draft travel bans imposed on 16 individuals and DerenVermögen frozen. The resolution also regulates that North Koreans who work abroad and send money home must return to IhreHeimat within 12 months.

The reason for new sanctions is test of most technically high-quality missile in North Korea on 29 November. According to leadership of Kim Jong-un, she is able to reach entire mainland of United States. It was 20th. Launch of a nordkoranischen ballistic missile this year.

International isolated

The previous sanction resolution of World stipulates was adopted on 11 September after North Korea had made its sixth and hirto strongest nuclear eight days earlier. These sanctions banned North Korea from importing any liquid natural gas as well as all textile exports. Moreover, no country in world may issue new work visas for North Koreans. The US estimates that about 93,000 North Koreans are working abroad.

Dasautokratische regime North Korea is internationally isolated. US PräsidentTrump sees it as a threat due to repeated missile tests. First November, US government had called on international community to cancel all relations North Korea. The highest UN panel had imposed 2006Sanktionen against North Korea for first time.

Date Of Update: 23 December 2017, 12:02
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