Report: 49 Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea
A report published by the ISIS Institute exposes the hypocrisy surrounding North Korea: while publicly calling for sanctions against the rogue state, some countries choose to maintain trade relations with Pyongyang, bypassing the exact same sanctions
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 12/12/2017
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Over the past years, 49 countries have violated sanctions against North Korea imposed by the United Nations Security Council, according to a report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS).
"Because of the debate on North Korea and on states ending various types of cooperation with North Korea, we have decided to pre-publish a condensed chapter drawn from our Institute’s forthcoming Peddling Peril Index (PPI). The PPI is an index that ranks 200 countries, territories, and entities according to their capabilities and demonstrated success in implementing strategic export controls, with a focus on efforts to prevent nuclear and other strategic commodity trafficking. This chapter summarizes alleged UN sanctions violations and discusses the export control and corruption challenges affecting these countries," the report reads.
"North Korea also targets states that are otherwise strong enforcers of export controls and uses deceptive methods, such as front companies or actors to bypass these countries’ export control laws. To better understand North Korea’s strategies and methods to defeat sanctions, the Institute collected and analyzed North Korea’s procurement activities as reported in United Nations Panel of Experts reports from March 2014 to September 2017.
"A total of 49 countries were found to be complicit in various forms of violations of UNSC sanctions resolutions on North Korea.
"Thirteen governments were found to be involved in military-related cases of North Korean sanctions violations, including Angola, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Iran, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Uganda, and the United Republic of Tanzania. Egypt is included because it reportedly received a shipment of arms from North Korea.
"Nineteen countries were involved in non-military related cases of sanctions violations that involved facilitating front companies, financial transactions, and other business activities. These countries include Angola, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Iran, Malaysia, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates.
"Twenty countries associated with re-flagging of vessels and providing other assistance for shipments include Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Fiji, Greece, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Palau, Panama, Peru, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, and Togo.
"The following 13 countries and territories were targeted by North Korea to procure equipment with potential military applications: Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, [and the] United States."
A report published by the ISIS Institute exposes the hypocrisy surrounding North Korea: while publicly calling for sanctions against the rogue state, some countries choose to maintain trade relations with Pyongyang, bypassing the exact same sanctions
http://www.rodong.rep.kp/ko/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_02&newsID=2017-12-09-0001_photo
Over the past years, 49 countries have violated sanctions against North Korea imposed by the United Nations Security Council, according to a report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS).
"Because of the debate on North Korea and on states ending various types of cooperation with North Korea, we have decided to pre-publish a condensed chapter drawn from our Institute’s forthcoming Peddling Peril Index (PPI). The PPI is an index that ranks 200 countries, territories, and entities according to their capabilities and demonstrated success in implementing strategic export controls, with a focus on efforts to prevent nuclear and other strategic commodity trafficking. This chapter summarizes alleged UN sanctions violations and discusses the export control and corruption challenges affecting these countries," the report reads.
"North Korea also targets states that are otherwise strong enforcers of export controls and uses deceptive methods, such as front companies or actors to bypass these countries’ export control laws. To better understand North Korea’s strategies and methods to defeat sanctions, the Institute collected and analyzed North Korea’s procurement activities as reported in United Nations Panel of Experts reports from March 2014 to September 2017.
"A total of 49 countries were found to be complicit in various forms of violations of UNSC sanctions resolutions on North Korea.
"Thirteen governments were found to be involved in military-related cases of North Korean sanctions violations, including Angola, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Iran, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Uganda, and the United Republic of Tanzania. Egypt is included because it reportedly received a shipment of arms from North Korea.
"Nineteen countries were involved in non-military related cases of sanctions violations that involved facilitating front companies, financial transactions, and other business activities. These countries include Angola, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Iran, Malaysia, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates.
"Twenty countries associated with re-flagging of vessels and providing other assistance for shipments include Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Fiji, Greece, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Palau, Panama, Peru, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, and Togo.
"The following 13 countries and territories were targeted by North Korea to procure equipment with potential military applications: Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, [and the] United States."
