North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)

Overview

Selected documents:

United Nations
European Union
UK legislation
Releases

Regime list

Current Regime List: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (html)
Last updated: 21 December 2011

Overview

By the adoption of UNSCR 1718 (2006) on 14 October 2006, the United Nations introduced restrictions on a range of goods from entering or leaving the North Korea and imposed a travel ban and an asset freeze against those persons designated by the competent UN Security Council Sanctions Committee or by the Security Council as persons who engage in or provide support for, including through other illicit means, North Korea’s nuclear-related, other weapons of mass destruction-related and ballistic missile-related programmes.

The Sanctions Committee first designated targets on 24 April 2009.

Selected documents

United Nations

12.06.2009 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009) (PDF 45KB)
Strengthened and extended the measures in UNSCR 1718 (2006).
14.10.2006 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006) (PDF 38KB)
Imposed a travel ban and an asset freeze against those persons designated by the competent UN Security Council Sanctions Committee or by the Security Council as persons who engage in or provide support for, including through other illicit means, North Korea’s nuclear-related, other weapons of mass destruction-related and ballistic missile-related programmes.

European Union

20.12.2011 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1355/2011 (PDF 760KB) Amended Annex V to Regulation 329/2007.
22.12.2010 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1251/2010 (PDF 727KB)
Amended Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007
22.12.2009 Council Regulation (EU) No 1283/2009
Amended Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007. Provided, amongst other matters, for the EU to identify targets (Annex V) of the measures in addition to those listed by the UN (Annex IV).
29.07.2009 Commission Regulation (EC) No 689/2009 (PDF 707KB)
Amended Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007.
12.05.2009 Commission Regulation (EC) No 389/2009 (PDF 701KB)
Amended Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007.
27.03.2007 Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 (PDF 62KB)
Implemented the measures in UNSCR 1718 (2006) including the freezing of funds and economic resources of persons designated by the United Nations Sanctions Committee or the Security Council.

UK legislation

27.04.2011 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1094) (PDF 103KB)
Made provision relating to the enforcement of Regulation 329/2007.
16.11.2006 The North Korea (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 (SI 2006/2958) (PDF 70KB)
Implemented certain restrictive measures in UNSCR 1718 (2006) in the UK, including, amongst other things, provision to give effect to an asset freeze, including a prohibition on the making available of funds and economic resources to individuals and entities designated by the UN Sanctions Committee or by the UN Security Council, and provided for breaches of the Order to be criminal offences.

Releases

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