The effort of the US and its allies to evaluate the sanctions against North Korea

according to the report of the International Group Tasnim news agency, three informed sources announced that the US, South Korea and Japan are trying to set up a new delegation of foreign multinational experts. from the United Nations, in order to evaluate and implement sanctions against North Korea.

The effort comes after Russia refused to renew the annual UN mission of experts. Experts who have been evaluating the implementation of sanctions for the past 15 years aimed at limiting North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.

These sources, who asked not to be named due to the diplomatic sensitivity of the matter, stated the purpose of setting up this new board. It is the continuation of the vital actions of the United Nations in this field and is implemented by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo, and like-minded countries such as Australia, New Zealand and some European countries have joined it.

a South Korea’s senior government official said in this regard: The UN panel of experts had encountered problems while Russia and China often tried to make the process of bypassing possible North Korean sanctions less effective.

This official stated that such a team It lacks the international legitimacy granted to UN-sponsored operations, but can more effectively assess North Korea.

Another senior Seoul official noted that Seoul supports the implementation of such a mechanism among friends and allies, but there is a possibility that They should seek formal approval through the UN General Assembly.

A third source added: This expert team may be required to evaluate the implementation of resolutions on North Korea’s human rights conditions that were adopted by the United Nations Security Council, the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights Council. Nations have been applied.

in Meanwhile, Linda Thomas Greenfield, the American representative at the United Nations, in response to a question about the creation of a new panel of experts, stated that her country is working with South Korea and Japan to develop options about North Korea inside and outside the United Nations.

He added: The point is that we cannot allow the work of this panel to slip.

This At the same time, Moscow and Beijing demanded the reduction of sanctions against North Korea so that the process of diplomatic negotiations with Pyongyang can be started and the human suffering in this poor country will be reduced.

Greenfield also visited the fully armed borders of Korea from Russia And China asked them to change their course and refrain from rewarding North Korean misbehavior.

North Korea since 2006, due to Its nuclear program and ballistic missiles are subject to numerous UN sanctions, which include banning the development and expansion of ballistic missiles. This technology was used to launch Pyongyang’s first spy satellite into Earth orbit and has been used to test dozens of ballistic missiles over the past 20 months. . America has repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is ready to conduct its seventh nuclear test.

Not long ago, the state media of North Korea announced that “Kim Jong-un”, the president of this country, visited the operational training camp of the army in the west Referring to the US-South Korea joint military exercises, North Korea said: “The army must continuously conduct real military exercises with the aim of immediately improving its combat capabilities in order to fully prepare for a full-scale war.” >.”

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