UN / DPRK

Ambassador Susan Rice of theUnited States today (5 March) announced the drafting of a new US –China tabled resolution that would “deliver a credible and strong response” to the Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea (DPRK) latest nuclear test. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:55
• Production Date: 5 March 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ORGANIZATION - CTBTO
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT; NUCLEAR SCIENCE
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
• MAMS Id: U130305d

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STORY: UN / DPRK
TRT: 1.55
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 5 MARCH 2013, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

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1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

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2. Zoom in, Ambassador Rice of the United States walks up to the stakeout position

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3. Close up, reporter’s notepad

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“The Security Council must and will deliver a credible and strong response that further impedes the growth of DPRK’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programme and its ability to engage in proliferation activities. The resolution today that we tabled does just that. It builds upon, strengthens, and significantly expands the scope of the strong UN sanctions already in place.”

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5. Close up, reporter’s notepad

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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“North Korea will be subject to some of the toughest sanctions imposed by the United Nations. The breadth and scope of these sanctions is exceptional and demonstrates the strength of the international community’s commitment to denuclearization and the demand that North Korea comply with its international obligations.”

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7. Close up, reporter’s notepad

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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“We hope for a unanimous adoption later this week. Obviously in terms of implementation this is something that has been a very important part of the United Nation’s effort, in the efforts of Member States who imposed these sanctions in the past. We will have provisions in this text that will enhance and strengthen the role of the Panel of Experts in the Sanctions Committee, and as part of our shared efforts to strengthen implementation and the text itself also, we think, will go some distance not only in imposing new sanctions but also in strengthening those that are already in place.”

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9. Close up, reporter’s notepad

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10. Pan right, Rice walks away from the stakeout position

Storyline

Ambassador Susan Rice of the United States today (5 March) announced the drafting of a new US – China tabled resolution that would “deliver a credible and strong response” to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) latest nuclear test.

Rice said the draft resolution “builds upon, strengthens, and significantly expands the scope of the strong UN sanctions already in place.”

According to media reports citing the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the Government of DPRK conducted its third, long-threatened nuclear test on 12 February.

The Security Council, after an emergency closed-door session on that day, issued a statement saying that the test constituted a grave violation of relevant resolutions adopted by the 15-member body.

The US Ambassador told reporters gathered outside the Security Council that the DPRK “will be subject to some of the toughest sanctions imposed by the United Nations,” adding that “the breadth and scope of these sanctions is exceptional and demonstrates the strength of the international community’s commitment to denuclearization and the demand that North Korea comply with its international obligations.”

Rice said she hoped for a unanimous adoption later this week.

She noted that there will be provisions in the text of the resolution that will “enhance and strengthen” the role of the Panel of Experts on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the DPRK Sanctions Committee in terms of implementation.

The sanctions, she said, would target North Korean diplomats and banking activities, including cash transfers, and pledges to take further measures if the DPRK carries out another test.

The latest test, which was confirmed by seismic evidence picked up by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization’s (CTBTO) monitoring stations, was in violation of sanctions imposed on DPRK by the Council following nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, including a ban on the import of nuclear and missile technology.

The sanctions had been further tightened last month in a unanimous decision by the Council after DPRK reportedly launched a long-range Unha-3 rocket from its west coast in December 2012.