{"id":2471,"date":"2021-11-02T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news25.org\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2021-11-04T20:29:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:29:42","slug":"china-russia-revive-push-to-lift-un-sanctions-on-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.news25.org\/china-russia-revive-push-to-lift-un-sanctions-on-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"China, Russia revive push to lift UN sanctions on North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Resolution seeks to remove a ban on Pyongyang\u2019s exports of statues, seafood and textiles and expand it to include lifting a refined petroleum imports cap.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China and Russia are pushing the United Nations Security Council to ease sanctions on North Korea by reviving a 2019 attempt to remove a ban on Pyongyang\u2019s exports of statues, seafood and textiles, and expanding it to include lifting a refined petroleum imports cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a reworked draft resolution seen by the Reuters news agency, China and Russia want the 15-member council to remove those sanctions \u201cwith the intent of enhancing the livelihood of the civilian population\u201d in the isolated Asian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China and Russia are pushing the United Nations Security Council to ease sanctions on North Korea by reviving a 2019 attempt to remove a ban on Pyongyang\u2019s exports of statues, seafood and textiles, and expanding it to include lifting a refined petroleum imports cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a reworked draft resolution seen by the Reuters news agency, China and Russia want the 15-member council to remove those sanctions \u201cwith the intent of enhancing the livelihood of the civilian population\u201d in the isolated Asian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North Korea has been subject to UN sanctions since 2006 over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news25.org\/taliban-takes-on-iskp-its-most-serious-foe-in-afghanistan\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2264\">Taliban takes on ISKP, its most serious foe in Afghanistan<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news25.org\/caught-in-the-crossfire-ethiopian-minority-flees-to-sudan\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2361\">Caught in the crossfire, Ethiopian minority flees to Sudan<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The draft resolution also includes other measures first proposed by Russia and China nearly two years ago, including lifting a ban on North Koreans working abroad and exempting inter-Korean rail and road cooperation projects from sanctions.<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several UN diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the refreshed draft resolution would find little support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, Russia and China held two informal rounds of talks on the draft resolution, but never formally tabled it for a vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diplomats said on Monday that China and Russia have not yet scheduled any talks on their new draft resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A resolution needs nine votes in favour and no vetoes by the United States, France, Britain, Russia or China to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN missions of Russia and China did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new text, which diplomats said was circulated to council members on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has been always China\u2019s will that we should also address the humanitarian dimension caused by the sanctions imposed by the Security Council,\u201d China\u2019s UN Ambassador Zhang Jun told reporters last month, adding again that the 2019 draft resolution \u201cremains on the table\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Difficult situation\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for the US mission to the UN declined to comment on private council discussions but added that all UN members should be focused on addressing those who are violating the sanctions already in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Security Council has repeatedly affirmed that it is prepared to modify, suspend, or lift the measures as may be needed in light of the DPRK\u2019s compliance,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYet the DPRK has taken no steps to comply with the Security Council\u2019s demands regarding its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North Korea is formally known as the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (DPRK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN Security Council does already allow for humanitarian exemptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A UN rights investigator last month called for sanctions to be eased as North Korea\u2019s most vulnerable risk starvation after it slipped deeper into isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sanctions that Russia and China have proposed lifting target industries that earned North Korea hundreds of millions of dollars in the past. They were put in place in 2016 and 2017 to try to cut off funding for Pyongyang\u2019s nuclear and missile programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North Korea continued developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes during the first half of 2021, in violation of UN sanctions and despite the country\u2019s worsening economic situation, UN sanctions monitors reported in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country has long suffered from food insecurity, with observers saying that mismanagement of the economy is exacerbated by sanctions and now the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted unprecedented border lockdowns there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new draft resolution would have the council acknowledge \u201cthe difficult situation of economy and livelihood of the DPRK in recent years, underscoring the necessity to respect the legitimate security concerns of the DPRK, and ensure the welfare, inherent dignity, and rights of people in the DPRK\u201d.<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resolution seeks to remove a ban on Pyongyang\u2019s exports of statues, seafood and textiles and expand it to include lifting a refined petroleum imports cap. 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