Limitations of the Sanctions Policy towards North Korea
Limitations of the Sanctions Policy towards North Korea

Author(s): Oskar Pietrewicz
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: UN Security Council; North Korea; sanctions against North Korea; sanctions policy; denuclearisation;
Summary/Abstract: Over the last two years, the UN Security Council (UNSC) has adopted five resolutions imposing a wide range of sanctions on North Korea to induce it to denuclearise, unsuccessfully. The reasons are the North’s determination to develop its nuclear and missile programmes and its ability to circumvent the sanctions. Other countries also have not fully complied with the provisions of the resolutions. The existing sanctions-based policy should be supplemented with multilateral diplomatic engagement aimed at achieving goals less ambitious than denuclearisation.

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