Thursday, January 21, 2021
  • About us
    • Write for us
    • Disclaimer
    • Terms of use
    • Privacy Policy
  • RSS Feeds
  • Advertise with us
  • Contact us
DefenceTalk
  • Home
  • Defense News
    • Defense & Geopolitics News
    • War Conflicts News
    • Army News
    • Air Force News
    • Navy News
    • Missiles Systems News
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Defense Technology
    • Cybersecurity News
  • Military Photos
  • Defense Forum
  • Military Videos
  • Military Weapon Systems
    • Weapon Systems
    • Reports
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Defense News
    • Defense & Geopolitics News
    • War Conflicts News
    • Army News
    • Air Force News
    • Navy News
    • Missiles Systems News
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Defense Technology
    • Cybersecurity News
  • Military Photos
  • Defense Forum
  • Military Videos
  • Military Weapon Systems
    • Weapon Systems
    • Reports
No Result
View All Result
DefenceTalk
No Result
View All Result

North Korea flouting nuclear sanctions: UN report

by Agence France-Presse
September 29, 2020
in Nuclear Weapons News
2 min read
0
North Korea says it is nuclear state with US in missile strike range
20
SHARES
260
VIEWS

North Korea is violating international sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear programme by exceeding a cap on petroleum imports and sending its workers overseas, including a former Juventus footballer, the United Nations said.

Pyongyang is subject to a range of restrictions imposed since 2017 that limit its oil imports and ban exports of coal, fish and textiles.

It has nonetheless continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile arsenal, analysts say, despite three high-profile meetings between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.

The UN Security Council on Monday said an annual 500,000 barrel cap on imports of refined petroleum products had been broken in just the first five months of 2020.

A report by the intergovernmental panel said deliveries to the authoritarian state “far exceeded” the ceiling, based on “imagery, data and calculations”.

“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and foreign-flagged vessels and their owners continued elaborate evasion practices” to illicitly import oil, UN experts said, using the North’s official name.

The report did not say which countries had been exporting to North Korea but shipments also included luxury cars and alcohol.

China and Russia, Pyongyang’s key allies, dismissed the findings, saying they were “based on assumptions and estimations”.

The UN report said the North “continued to flout Security Council resolutions through illicit maritime exports of coal, although it suspended such exports temporarily between late January and early March 2020”.

Negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington over the North’s nuclear programme are at a standstill over disputes on sanctions relief and what the North would be willing to give up in return.

The report pointed out that professional footballer Han Kwang Song was transferred from Serie A club Juventus to Al-Duhail in Qatar in January in violation of UN resolutions banning North Korean nationals working overseas.

“Although the panel contacted Italy and Qatar on Mr Han’s transfer immediately after the announcement, the transfer has not been cancelled,” the UN report said.

The 22-year-forward was paid approximately $607,000 per year by Juventus between 2018 and January 2020, it added.

He will receive more than $5 million over the next five years from his new team under a multi-year contract.

“The panel reiterated to Qatar the relevant resolutions concerning the case,” the report said.

The UN sanctions require member states to repatriate North Koreans working overseas, with a deadline to do so passing in December 2019.

But the panel said “only around 40” nations had submitted reports on efforts to send back citizens.

Tags: north koreanuclear weaponssanctionsUnited Nations
Previous Post

‘New Cold War with China’ demands US-Europe united front: Germany

Next Post

New MS-177 and upgraded AN/ASQ-230 sensors will enhance intelligence collection

Related Posts

NATO, US Muscle Flexing Pulls Nukes Back Into Global Game of Thrones

Delicate dance: handing off the US ‘nuclear football’

January 21, 2021

When an outgoing president hands the keys to the White House to the incoming one, another discrete handover takes place:...

Biden: Better Conventional Arms Will Allow Nuclear Drawdown

Biden urged to renounce sole control of US nuclear weapons

January 11, 2021

A former US defense secretary has called on President-elect Joe Biden to reform the system that gives sole control of...

Next Post
New MS-177 and upgraded AN/ASQ-230 sensors will enhance intelligence collection

New MS-177 and upgraded AN/ASQ-230 sensors will enhance intelligence collection

Latest Defense News

NATO, US Muscle Flexing Pulls Nukes Back Into Global Game of Thrones

Delicate dance: handing off the US ‘nuclear football’

January 21, 2021
DOD’s Autonomous Vessel Sails Through Transit Test, Participates in Exercise Dawn Blitz

DOD’s Autonomous Vessel Sails Through Transit Test, Participates in Exercise Dawn Blitz

January 14, 2021
NORAD Air Defense Exercise Planned for National Capital Region

NORAD Air Defense Exercise Planned for National Capital Region

January 13, 2021
Russia Developing Anti-Drone Weapons

Afghanistan probes air strike that killed civilians

January 11, 2021
Night-Vision Revolution: Less Weight, Improved Performance

Night-Vision Revolution: Less Weight, Improved Performance

January 11, 2021
Biden: Better Conventional Arms Will Allow Nuclear Drawdown

Biden urged to renounce sole control of US nuclear weapons

January 11, 2021

Defense Forum Discussions

  • Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates
  • General Aviation Thread
  • NZDF General discussion thread
  • Indonesia: 'green water navy'
  • F-35 - International Participation
  • Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates
  • New Coronavirus threat
  • Indonesian Aero News
  • Royal Netherlands Navy
  • Air defence strategy (in the Australian context)
DefenceTalk

© 2003-2020 DefenceTalk.com

Navigate Site

  • Defence Forum
  • Military Photos
  • RSS Feeds
  • About us
  • Advertise with us
  • Contact us

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Defense News
    • Defense & Geopolitics News
    • War Conflicts News
    • Army News
    • Air Force News
    • Navy News
    • Missiles Systems News
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Defense Technology
    • Cybersecurity News
  • Military Photos
  • Defense Forum
  • Military Videos
  • Military Weapon Systems
    • Weapon Systems
    • Reports

© 2003-2020 DefenceTalk.com