Report: North Korea Tests Nuke

[__Kratos__]

One has to be seriously naive to believe that the u.s. will even consider a strike on north korea....it's ridiculous!!!

What I have read in some posts, is simply preposterous! Bomb their sites? Are you serious here people? Do you think they have their sites on the ground with big painted targets "BOMB HERE PLEASE"? As every nuclear country, isn't their installations underground? How will you bomb underground?

I suggest, instead of thinking of laughable -to say the least- solutions to the problem, to try and see the whole picture and not only the u.s. point of view.

Think about it....for once.

I do think he is thinking though. The US military has bunker busters that are designed to bomb targets underground.

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Also, the N. Korean sites are logged from spying and the past war. So they could bomb military sites.

Solution? It's not just the US view as you speak, the world is ticked off and even their closet allie, China, is steamed at N. Korea for defying their wishes.

[Col. Kurtz]

One has to be seriously naive to believe that the u.s. will even consider a strike on north korea....it's ridiculous!!!

What I have read in some posts, is simply preposterous! Bomb their sites? Are you serious here people? Do you think they have their sites on the ground with big painted targets "BOMB HERE PLEASE"? As every nuclear country, isn't their installations underground? How will you bomb underground?

I suggest, instead of thinking of laughable -to say the least- solutions to the problem, to try and see the whole picture and not only the u.s. point of view.

Think about it....for once.

Why is this rediculous? The US has the air power to flatten any city or site in the world without ever having to send in 1 single soldier. My personal oppinion is that china knew all along that this test was gonna take place and they are using N.Korea to see what the world reaction will be.

[Conspiracy]

everyone knew this test was gonna take place, espeacially since NK's leader is a guy who belongs in a nuthouse, anyways, i dont think NK will try anything, big deal they got a nuke to finnally work, now they just need to put it in a missile which will take them prolly alot longer, and im sure by then SK and Japan will do something

[Raptor]

Why is this rediculous? The US has the air power to flatten any city or site in the world without ever having to send in 1 single soldier.

Are you serious? What about the millions of innocents who would die?

I guess Col. in your name means Colonel? Thank god thats only a username...

[eckogangsta]

Will there be a war?

[KingTomis]

Nope.

[eckogangsta]

Why not?

[Conspiracy]

its not worth fighting for, that country is already run down, its just a crazy leader they need to get rid of and replace with someone with some human intelligence and not insanity

[KingTomis]

One of the main reasons is the risk of putting the lives of the 20 million south Koreans who live in Seoul.

You see, the north Koreans have put an estimated 20,000 artillery pieces in hollowed out mountain caves that are in striking distance of Seoul. For all of our far superior air force and weapons technology, they all could not be knocked out.

So basically, any attack on NK's nuclear facilities, and tens of millions of innocent south Korean lives are at stake. No country is willing to take that risk.

Although it is worth noting that south Korea has already began an act of war against NK. All ships coming and going to NK are being thoroughly searched for any nuclear arms technology or material. Similar to what America did to Cuba in the 60's. And yes, the seizure and search of a ship at sea IS an act of war. However, seeing as the entire world, even china backs SK on this, there is nothing little Kim jong-il can do about it.

While NK has the nuclear material, they do not have the technology or the facilities to compact it into a warhead for a ballistic missile. On the other hand, Iran has that technology, but no nuclear material. So the ships are being searched to keep that technology and facilities out of NK, and nuclear material out of Iran.

[Raptor Witness]

The real underlying importance of this development, from a geopolitical standpoint, is that it increases the likelihood that the Bush Administration will attack Iran, before the end of his term.

They'll figure that China can act as a buffer against North Korea, but another rogue state with nuclear weapons is unacceptable. This is the real danger, not North Korea per se. Japan has 10 tons of plutonium, but they needn't weaponize due to the defense agreement they have with the U.S., and likewise the Chinese have an agreement to protect North Korea. Iran may or may not still have an joint protection agreement with Russia, but regardless, if it comes to Iran or the U.S., the Russians will choose the U.S., and carve up Iran.

Edited October 13, 2006 by Raptor Witness

[__Kratos__]

Update: Quake raises fears of 2nd N. Korea test

TOKYO - A strong earthquake shook northern Japan on Wednesday and Japanese media reported the government had detected tremors in North Korea as well, leading it to suspect Pyongyang had conducted a second nuclear test.

But Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as saying he had no information to confirm a second North Korean test had taken place and U.S. and South Korean monitors said they detected no new seismic activity Wednesday in North Korea.

"I have had not received information about any indications ... that a test has take place," Abe said at a parliamentary budget meeting.

In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman, Army Lt. Col. Brian Maka, said of the reports on North Korea: "We have received no credible information to confirm any of that. No seismic activity has been detected on our part."

White House spokesman Blair Jones said, "We have no independent confirmation of the second test."

The first reports came from Japanese media which cited government officials as saying they had detected tremors in North Korea, leading them to suspect the government there had conducted a second nuclear test just two days after its first-ever such test alarmed the world and provoked global condemnation.

Abe's spokesman said the government was trying to confirm whether the North had tested another nuclear device.

About a half hour after the first media reports came out, Japan's meteorological agency said it had detected a strong magnitude-6.0 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

It was not immediately clear whether that earthquake had led to the scare about a new nuclear test.

The U.S. Geological Survey said it was still checking reports on new seismic activity in North Korea on Wednesday.

"So far, do not see any event in North Korea," said USGS official Bruce Presgrave. "There very definitely was an earthquake in Japan. We see one magnitude-5.8 at this time. There could have been other events in Japan that are smaller, we're still checking," he added.

"We've been trying to find a reported event in North Korea. There's been nothing big enough to trigger our alarms. Either the event is too small or we're not looking at the right time for it."

The head of South Korean seismic monitoring station said no activity has been detected in North Korea that could indicate a possible second North Korea nuclear test.

"There's no signal from North Korea, even no small event," Chi Heon-cheol, director of the South's Korea Earthquake Research Center, told The Associated Press.

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That'd be insane if it was a 2nd test.

[KingTomis]

And where does your delusional religious fantasies play into that?

[Cinders]

Update: Quake raises fears of 2nd N. Korea test

TOKYO - A strong earthquake shook northern Japan on Wednesday and Japanese media reported the government had detected tremors in North Korea as well, leading it to suspect Pyongyang had conducted a second nuclear test.

But Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as saying he had no information to confirm a second North Korean test had taken place and U.S. and South Korean monitors said they detected no new seismic activity Wednesday in North Korea.

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That'd be insane if it was a 2nd test.

I've been waiting for updates on this if it was a TEST or actual earthquake .. I just checked here (below) and it reports it a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Other reports I am reading are saying 6.0

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ous/index.html

"So far, do not see any event in North Korea," said USGS official Bruce Presgrave. "There very definitely was an earthquake in Japan. We see one magnitude-5.8 at this time. There could have been other events in Japan that are smaller, we're still checking," he added.

"We've been trying to find a reported event in North Korea. There's been nothing big enough to trigger our alarms. Either the event is too small or we're not looking at the right time for it."

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Someone has to know what this really was...

Edited October 11, 2006 by Cinders

[Col. Kurtz]

Are you serious? What about the millions of innocents who would die?

I guess Col. in your name means Colonel? Thank god thats only a username...

What is your point here? what millions are you talking about?? We have smart bombs that can take out a single house in a huge neighborhood i dont know where you came up with millions.

[Raptor]

What is your point here? what millions are you talking about?? We have smart bombs that can take out a single house in a huge neighborhood i dont know where you came up with millions.

Oh right, fair enough. When you said 'flatten any city' I assumed you were talking about nuclear weapons.

You're allowed to be a colonel now.

[frogfish]

Yea.. but that is "partly" why they were testing those several long, medium, and short range missiles in early July.. remember that?

But they all failed...

NK wants to talk face-to-face with the US, but that won't happen...In reality, the only country with leverage here is China. They trade and give aid to them. China is going to bring this into the UNSC, which a surprise, as they are normally cautious with this.

[NiCkC818]

A North Korean offical and I believe he may be second in command, said that if the U.S. didn't stop pressuring NK that it would be a declaration of war. I'm scared HAHA not really they can't do anything haha.

[jesspy]

The Nuclear Club is getting a little crowded these days

Must be held in a small room

North Korea should have been sorted out years ago. I feel sorry for the civilians in that country who have to suffer.

True back in the fifties would have been good. But once Kimmy dies I think his polices and stuff will die with him. Kimmys death will mean Nth koreas liberation

If history is any guide, this means we'll soon be invading Cambodia.

How does that work?

No one is going to bomb anyone. Bush is screwed though.

No someone will bomb someone. Isaid that about Bush years ago

Well, Bush will be out shortly and then there will be someone else to ridicule.

Yeah when Gore gets in he will probably make a movie about it.

[__Kratos__]

Update: US test 'confirms' N Korea claim

Preliminary results of scientific tests appear to confirm that North Korea did carry out a nuclear test last Monday as it claimed, US officials have said.

But the US stresses the results are provisional, and not definitive.

A vote on sanctions at the United Nations Security Council is expected on Saturday but Russia and China are still querying the US-drafted resolution.

Ban Ki-Moon, who will be the new UN secretary-general, called for a "clear and strong" resolution to be adopted.

Mr Ban was formally elected by the UN General Assembly on Friday to replace Kofi Annan at the end of the year.

Throughout the week there has been uncertainty about whether North Korea carried out a nuclear test, tried to but failed, or merely made a false claim, the BBC's Nick Miles reports from Washington.

The apparent confirmation that Pyongyang did carry out a nuclear test could make the passing of the UN resolution more likely, our correspondent says.

Fizzle theory

US scientists found that there were traces of radioactive gas in the air near the site of last Monday's alleged nuclear test.

White House officials cautioned that this result alone did not confirm a successful test but it could mean that a nuclear test had been attempted.

One official quoted by the Associated Press said the results could indicate a "nuclear fizzle", rather than a full test.

The agency also quoted an unnamed official as saying the sample had been collected above Qunggye, near the area of the claimed nuclear test.

Both South Korean and Chinese scientists said earlier they had detected no evidence of radioactivity in air, soil and rainwater tests.

'Clarification needed'

The US has revised a draft resolution to remove the threat of imminent military action in an effort to allay Chinese and Russian concerns.

LATEST DRAFT RESOLUTION

Bans sale of tanks, helicopters and missiles, as well as nuclear and missile technology

Allows inspection of ships going to or from N Korea

Bans sale of luxury goods

Bans travel by those working on weapons and missile programmes

Any further action needs new UN resolution

The US envoy to the UN, John Bolton, said he expected the vote to be held on Saturday but it depended on Russia and China's stance.

"I thought we had agreed - we had agreed this morning that we were going to vote tomorrow morning." he said on Friday.

But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking after meeting Chinese envoy Tang Jiaxuan in Moscow, said the current draft still had "elements that should be discussed and clarified".

The US draft retains a controversial provision allowing nations to inspect cargo moving in and out of North Korea in pursuit of non-conventional weapons.

It urges Pyongyang to implement a September 2005 agreement in which it pledged to give up its nuclear programme in exchange for aid and security guarantees.

Clouds gather

New Japanese sanctions against North Korea have already come into force.

N KOREA NUCLEAR PROGRAMME

Believed to have 'handful' of nuclear weapons

But not thought to have any small enough to put in a missile

Could try dropping from plane, though world watching closely

The measures include trade and travel bans, barring North Korean ships from Japan's ports, and freezing imports and visits by North Korean officials.

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has held talks in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao.

A top South Korean official said the two men did not discuss the details of the draft resolution but agreed in general principle to support UN action.

Mr Roh is facing increasing pressure at home to reverse his so-called "sunshine policy" of engagement with the North.

As many as 3,000 protesters gathered outside Seoul city hall to demand the government cut off aid and investment.

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One big mess.

[shikon1]

UNITED NATIONS - The

U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on

North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test, declaring that its action posed "a clear threat to international peace and security."

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North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador walked out of the council chamber after accusing its members of a "gangster-like" action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the United States.

"The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is ready for talks, dialogue and confrontation," Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said. "If the United States increases pressure upon the Democratic People's Republic of Korea persistently, the DPRK will continue to take physical countermeasures considering it as a declaration of war."

The vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame last-minute differences with Russia and China during what the Russian ambassador called "tense negotiations."

The resolution demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons but expressly rules out military action against the country, a demand by the Russians and Chinese. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton warned Pyongyang, however, that if it continues pursuing nuclear weapons, the United States would seek further measures.

The Security Council condemned the nuclear test that North Korea said it conducted on Oct 9. It demanded that North Korea immediately return to six-party talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to dismantle its weapons program without precondition.

It imposed sanctions for the North's "flagrant disregard" of the council's appeal not to detonate a nuclear device and demanded that North Korea "not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile."

The resolution bans the import or export of material and equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles. It orders all countries to freeze the assets and ban travel for anyone engaged in supporting North Korea's weapons programs.

"This action by the

United Nations, which was swift and tough, says that we are united in our determination to see to it that the Korean Peninsula is nuclear-weapons free,"

President Bush said.

In a measure aimed at North Korea's tiny elite, the resolution bans the sale of luxury goods to the country.

To meet Russian and Chinese concerns, the Americans eliminated a complete ban on the sale of conventional weapons. Instead, the resolution limits the embargo to major hardware such as tanks, warships, combat aircraft and missiles.

The resolution calls on all countries to inspect cargo leaving and arriving in North Korea to prevent any illegal trafficking in unconventional weapons or ballistic missiles. The final draft was softened from language saying the council "decides" — which is a stronger authorization.

But China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya said after the vote that this provision allowing the boarding of ships to inspect cargo was still unacceptable to Beijing and it would not carry out inspections.

Nonetheless, Wang hailed what he called a "watered-down" resolution.

He told reporters that he did not consider the North Korean ambassador's response the official reply from Pyongyang, which he awaits.

"The important thing is not what they say here," Wang said.

The overriding issue, he said, is "how we work together for peace and security in the region."

Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Moscow got what it wanted — a strong resolution but one that is also aimed at "prevention of a further escalation of tension."

North Korea's Pak told the Security Council that the nuclear test was not inconsistent with the country's goal of a denuclearized Korean peninsula.

"The DPRK clarified more than once that it would feel no need to possess even a single nuke when it is no longer exposed to the United States' threat, after it has dropped its hostile policy to the DPRK and confidence has been built between the two countries," he said.

Bolton said North Korea's claimed test "unquestionably poses one of the gravest threats to international peace and security that this council has ever had to confront."

Following Pak's speech, Bolton took the floor again saying "I'm not going to waste any our time responding." But he noted that North Korea had done Saturday exactly what it did in July after the council adopted limited sanctions for its ballistic missile tests — immediately reject the resolution and walk out.

"It is the contemporary equivalent of Nikita Khrushchev pounding his shoe on the desk," Bolton said, referring to the Soviet leader's legendary act of protest at the U.N. General Assembly in 1960.

Bolton told reporters afterward that the next step is to start work on implementing the resolution.

"Hopefully on saner reflections perhaps they'll begin to accept that if they don't change course, the only future for them is continued isolation," he said.

On Friday, U.S. officials said an air sampling after North Korea's claimed nuclear test detected radioactive debris consistent with an atomic explosion. However, the Bush administration and congressional officials said no final determination had been made about the nature of Monday's mystery-shrouded blast.

The U.S. and other nations trying to persuade the North to give up its atomic program continued a flurry of high-level diplomatic visits, including a trip to Asia by Secretary of State

Condoleezza Rice meant to present a unified front to North Korea.

The resolution invokes Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which the U.S. views as a necessary because it makes economic and diplomatic sanctions mandatory.

China and Russia normally object to the Chapter 7 provision because it carries the possibility of military enforcement. The Bush administration used the same provision to justify its invasion of

Iraq, and Moscow and Beijing worry the U.S. might do the same eventually with North Korea — even though Bush has said the U.S. has no plans to attack.

But in a compromise also used in July to unanimously vote on a resolution condemning North Korean missile launches, the text added mention of Article 41 of the chapter, which permits only "means not involving the use of military force."

A Russian nuclear envoy who visited North Korea said Saturday he pressed the North to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said he had a "very useful" meeting Friday with Kim Gye Gwan, the North's nuclear negotiator, but did not say how Kim responded.

Pyongyang has boycotted the six-nation talks for the past 13 months to protest financial measures imposed by Washington for alleged counterfeiting and money-laundering.

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Associated Press writers Ed Harris at the United Nations and Robert Burns and Anne Gearan in Washington contributed to this report.

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About time.

[frogfish]

Text of the U.N. resolution on N. Korea By The Associated Press

58 minutes ago

The text of the U.N. resolution passed Saturday that imposes sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test:

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The Security Council, Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 (1993), resolution 1540 (2004) and, in particular, resolution 1695 (2006), as well as the statement of its President of 6 October 2006 (S/PRST/2006/41),

Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security,

Expressing the gravest concern at the claim by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) that it has conducted a test of a nuclear weapon on 9 October 2006, and at the challenge such a test constitutes to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to international efforts aimed at strengthening the global regime of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the danger it poses to peace and stability in the region and beyond,

Expressing its firm conviction that the international regime on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons should be maintained and recalling that the DPRK cannot have the status of a nuclear-weapon state in accordance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,

Deploring the DPRKs announcement of withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and its pursuit of nuclear weapons,

Deploring further that the DPRK has refused to return to the Six-Party talks without precondition,

Endorsing the Joint Statement issued on 19 September 2005 by China, the DPRK, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States,

Underlining the importance that the DPRK respond to other security and humanitarian concerns of the international community,

Expressing profound concern that the test claimed by the DPRK has generated increased tension in the region and beyond, and determining therefore that there is a clear threat to international peace and security,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, and taking measures under its Article 41,

1. Condemns the nuclear test proclaimed by the DPRK on 9 October 2006 in flagrant disregard of its relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 1695 (2006), as well as of the statement of its President of 6 October 2006 (S/PRST/2006/41), including that such a test would bring universal condemnation of the international community and would represent a clear threat to international peace and security;

2. Demands that the DPRK not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile;

3. Demands that the DPRK immediately retract its announcement of withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;

4. Demands further that the DPRK return to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, and underlines the need for all States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to continue to comply with their Treaty obligations;

5. Decides that the DPRK shall suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile programme and in this context re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a moratorium on missile launching;

6. Decides that the DPRK shall abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, shall act strictly in accordance with the obligations applicable to parties under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the terms and conditions of its International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards Agreement (IAEA INFCIRC/403) and shall provide the IAEA transparency measures extending beyond these requirements, including such access to individuals, documentation, equipments and facilities as may be required and deemed necessary by the IAEA;

7. Decides also that the DPRK shall abandon all other existing weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programme in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner;

8. Decides that:

(a) all Member States shall prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to the DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, of:

(i) any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large calibre artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register on Conventional Arms, or related materiel including spare parts, or items as determined by the Security Council or the Committee established by paragraph 12 below (the Committee);

(ii) all items, materials, equipment, goods and technology as set out in the lists in documents S/2006/814 and S/2006/815, unless within 14 days of adoption of this resolution the Committee has amended or completed their provisions also taking into account the list in document S/2006/816, as well as other items, materials, equipment, goods and technology, determined by the Security Council or the Committee, which could contribute to DPRKs nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes;

(iii) luxury goods;

( the DPRK shall cease the export of all items covered in subparagraphs (a) (i) and (a) (ii) above and that all Member States shall prohibit the procurement of such items from the DPRK by their nationals, or using their flagged vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in the territory of the DPRK;

© all Member States shall prevent any transfers to the DPRK by their nationals or from their territories, or from the DPRK by its nationals or from its territory, of technical training, advice, services or assistance related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of the items in subparagraphs (a) (i) and (a) (ii) above;

(d) all Member States shall, in accordance with their respective legal processes, freeze immediately the funds, other financial assets and economic resources which are on their territories at the date of the adoption of this resolution or at any time thereafter, that are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the persons or entities designated by the Committee or by the Security Council as being engaged in or providing support for, including through other illicit means, DPRKs nuclear-related, other weapons of mass destruction-related and ballistic missile-related programmes, or by persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, and ensure that any funds, financial assets or economic resources are prevented from being made available by their nationals or by any persons or entities within their territories, to or for the benefit of such persons or entities;

(e) all Member States shall take the necessary steps to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories of the persons designated by the Committee or by the Security Council as being responsible for, including through supporting or promoting, DPRK policies in relation to the DPRKs nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related and other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes, together with their family members, provided that nothing in this paragraph shall oblige a state to refuse its own nationals entry into its territory;

(f) in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, and thereby preventing illicit trafficking in nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, their means of delivery and related materials, all Member States are called upon to take, in accordance with their national authorities and legislation, and consistent with international law, cooperative action including through inspection of cargo to and from the DPRK, as necessary;

9. Decides that the provisions of paragraph 8 (d) above do not apply to financial or other assets or resources that have been determined by relevant States:

(a) to be necessary for basic expenses, including payment for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges, or exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services, or fees or service charges, in accordance with national laws, for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds, other financial assets and economic resources, after notification by the relevant States to the Committee of the intention to authorize, where appropriate, access to such funds, other financial assets and economic resources and in the absence of a negative decision by the Committee within five working days of such notification;

( to be necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that such determination has been notified by the relevant States to the Committee and has been approved by the Committee; or

© to be subject of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien or judgement, in which case the funds, other financial assets and economic resources may be used to satisfy that lien or judgement provided that the lien or judgement was entered prior to the date of the present resolution, is not for the benefit of a person referred to in paragraph 8 (d) above or an individual or entity identified by the Security Council or the Committee, and has been notified by the relevant States to the Committee;

10. Decides that the measures imposed by paragraph 8 (e) above shall not apply where the Committee determines on a case-by-case basis that such travel is justified on the grounds of humanitarian need, including religious obligations, or where the Committee concludes that an exemption would otherwise further the objectives of the present resolution;

11. Calls upon all Member States to report to the Security Council within thirty days of the adoption of this resolution on the steps they have taken with a view to implementing effectively the provisions of paragraph 8 above;

12. Decides to establish, in accordance with rule 28 of its provisional rules of procedure, a Committee of the Security Council consisting of all the members of the Council, to undertake the following tasks:

(a) to seek from all States, in particular those producing or possessing the items, materials, equipment, goods and technology referred to in paragraph 8 (a) above, information regarding the actions taken by them to implement effectively the measures imposed by paragraph 8 above of this resolution and whatever further information it may consider useful in this regard;

( to examine and take appropriate action on information regarding alleged violations of measures imposed by paragraph 8 of this resolution;

© to consider and decide upon requests for exemptions set out in paragraphs 9 and 10 above;

(d) to determine additional items, materials, equipment, goods and technology to be specified for the purpose of paragraphs 8 (a) (i) and 8 (a) (ii) above;

(e) to designate additional individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 8 (d) and 8 (e) above;

(f) to promulgate guidelines as may be necessary to facilitate the implementation of the measures imposed by this resolution;

(g) to report at least every 90 days to the Security Council on its work, with its observations and recommendations, in particular on ways to strengthen the effectiveness of the measures imposed by paragraph 8 above;

13. Welcomes and encourages further the efforts by all States concerned to intensify their diplomatic efforts, to refrain from any actions that might aggravate tension and to facilitate the early resumption of the Six-Party Talks, with a view to the expeditious implementation of the Joint Statement issued on 19 September 2005 by China, the DPRK, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States, to achieve the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in north-east Asia;

14. Calls upon the DPRK to return immediately to the Six-Party Talks without precondition and to work towards the expeditious implementation of the Joint Statement issued on 19 September 2005 by China, the DPRK, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States;

15. Affirms that it shall keep DPRKs actions under continuous review and that it shall be prepared to review the appropriateness of the measures contained in paragraph 8 above, including the strengthening, modification, suspension or lifting of the measures, as may be needed at that time in light of the DPRKs compliance with the provisions of the resolution;

16. Underlines that further decisions will be required, should additional measures be necessary;

17. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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