Posted on 04/24/2009 7:44:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The United Nations slapped sanctions on three North Korean firms accused of backing missile development, in its first concrete action against Pyongyang over its April 5 rocket launch.
A committee agreed on the sanctions after the Security Council condemned North Korea for its launch -- a statement that had so incensed the communist state that it stormed out of a six-nation denuclearization agreement.
The move bans transactions and calls on UN member-states to freeze the assets of two defensive companies -- Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation and Korea Ryonbong General Corporation -- along with the Tanchon Commercial Bank.
Turkish Ambassador Baki Ilkin, who heads the sanctions committee, said the nations also updated a list of items whose transactions are import and export to and from North Korea are forbidden.
The update includes "some of the latest technologies relevant to ballistic missile programs," Ilkin told reporters.
Pak Tok-Hun, North Korea's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, denounced the new measures as a "wanton violation" of the United Nations charter.
"It is the inalienable right of every nation and country to make peaceful use of outer space," Pak said.
"That's why we totally reject and do not recognize any sorts of decision which has been made or will be made in the Security Council."
North Korea said its April 5 launch put into orbit a satellite that is broadcasting patriotic songs from the communist dynasty.
But no other nation has confirmed a satellite in orbit. The United States and its allies say that North Korea fired a rocket over Japan as part of its program to develop long-range ballistic missiles that could conceivably hit the United States in the future.
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Well THAT’LL do it. Everyone follows UN Sanctions. There’s NO WAY around those!
North Korea's nominal No.2 leader and technical head of the state Kim Yong-nam (C, first row) and other officials participate in a ceremony to commemorate the 77th anniversary of establishment of (North) Korean People's Army at the 4.25 Culture Centre in Pyongyang April 24, 2009 in this picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency on Friday. REUTERS/KCNA
Wow. North Korea looks like a really nice place. They have Christmas Trees, and everything!
I'll bet they even have universal health care, just like Cuba!
...fire off another letter!
Well, “shiver me timbers” !
You said it right. Bet NK is really worried about that.
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