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Countries must unite on N.Korea sanctions - experts
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-11-21 10:41
WASHINGTON - UN sanctions can only have a chance at persuading North
Korea to rethink its nuclear weapons program if all countries join in
strongly supporting and implementing the penalties, former US government
experts said on Monday.
Envoys involved in six-party talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear
program, chief US delegate Christopher Hill (C), South Korean counterpart
Chung Yung-Woo (R) and Japanese negotiator Kenichiro Sasae (L) in Hanoi.
Hill arrived in Beijing for meetings with China aimed at jump-starting
stalled six-nation talks on the crisis. [AFP]
Richard Newcomb, who for 18 years ran the US Treasury Department office
that designs and implements sanctions, said a UN resolution adopted on
Oct 14 sets out "strongly targeted ... (and) clearly articulated"
financial and weapons penalties.
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Imposed after Pyongyang conducted its first nuclear weapons test, the
US-drafted resolution allows nations to stop cargo going to and from
North Korea to check for weapons of mass destruction or related supplies.
These are "better crafted and with greater specificity" than sanctions
imposed previously on other countries and could work, Newcomb told a
Korea Economic Institute program.
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