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STORY: UN / DPRK VOTE
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DATELINE: 02 MARCH 2016, NEW YORK CITY
RECENT- NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
02 MARCH 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, vote
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“The chronic suffering of the people of North Korea is the direct result of the choices made by the DPRK government. A government that that consistently prioritized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes over providing for the most basic needs of its own people. As the resolution that we have adopted today underscores, virtually all of the DPRK resources are channeled into its reckless and relentless pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. The North Korean government would rather grow its nuclear weapons programme, than grow its own children.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“With each nuclear test and launch using ballistic missile technology, the DPRK improves its capability to conduct a nuclear missile attack, not only in the region but also a continent away. That means having the ability to strike most of the countries sitting on this Council. Think about that.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Liu Jieyi, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations:
“As a close neighbour to the Korean Peninsula, and a state that bears an important responsibility for the stability on the peninsula, China has always insisted on the overall goal of the denuclearization of the peninsula, opposes conflict and chaos in the peninsula, and worked towards maintaining the legitimate security interest of itself and other countries of the region. At this moment all parties concerned should avoid actions that could further aggravate the situation on the ground.”
8. Med shot, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vitaly Churkin, Permenent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
The set of the sanctions envisioned is quite harsh, however, the document leaves open the possibility of the DPRK to return to the six-party process, which should be urgently restarted. Sanctions in this case are not an end on themselves, but rather a means.”
10. Wide shot, Council
11. Med shot, Power, Japanese Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa, and South Korean Ambassador Oh Joon:
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Oh Joon, Permenent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations:
“North Korea has conducted six rounds of long-range missile tests and four rounds of nuclear bomb tests. According to some estimates, they must have spent at least four billion dollars on these weapons programmes. The UN OCHA’s annual target for humanitarian assistance to the DPRK is a little over 100 million dollars a year. That means that the cost for weapons development so far could have covered 40 years of humanitarian assistance to DPRK from the entire international community.”
13. Pan right, Ambassadors walk away
The United Nations Security Council today (2 Mar) unanimously adopted a resolution that imposes new sanctions and tightens some of its existing measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), due to the country's ongoing nuclear and ballistic missile-related activities.
In the resolution, which was sponsored by the United States, the 15-member body condemned “in the strongest terms” the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK on 6 January, noting that it was “in violation and flagrant disregard” of the Council's prior resolutions. It further condemned the country's launch of 7 February, which used ballistic missile technology and was a “serious violation.”
After the vote, US Ambassador Samantha Power told the Council that the DPRK government has “consistently prioritized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes over providing for the most basic needs of its own people.”
Power noted that “with each nuclear test and launch using ballistic missile technology, the DPRK improves its capability to conduct a nuclear missile attack, not only in the region but also a continent away.”
That means, she said “having the ability to strike most of the countries sitting on this Council.”
Ambassador Liu Jieyi of China, co-sponsor of the resolution, said that “at this moment all parties concerned should avoid actions that could further aggravate the situation on the ground.”
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said “the set of the sanctions envisioned is quite harsh, however, the document leaves open the possibility of the DPRK to return to the six-party process, which should be urgently restarted. Sanctions in this case are not an end on themselves, but rather a means.”
Outside the Council, South Korean Ambassador Oh Joon said the estimated cost of the DPRK weapons programme “could have covered 40 years of humanitarian assistance to DPRK from the entire international community.”
The new measure expands sanctions against the DPRK by imposing a ban on all exports including coal, iron, iron ore, gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore and rare earth metals, and banning the supply of all types of aviation fuel, including rocket fuel.
The new resolution also requires States to inspect all cargo to and from the DPRK, not just those suspected of containing prohibited items, as was previously the case. It also bans leasing or chartering of vessels or airplanes and providing crew services to the country, and registering vessels, while calling on States to de-register any DPRK owned or controlled vessels. Additionally, it decides that States shall ban any flights and deny entry into their ports of any vessel suspected of carrying prohibited items.
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