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Sanctions firm and fair

(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-10-16 05:32

The United Nations Security Council showed its solidarity on Saturday in
responding to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for its October 9
nuclear test. Its unanimous vote on imposing sanctions on the DPRK and
individuals supporting its military programme sent a strong, necessary
message that DPRK should cease its nuclear weapon programme.

Calling its nuclear test "a clear threat to international peace and
security," the Council demanded that the country return immediately to
the negotiations without precondition.

The UN should respond appropriately to the nuclear test by DPRK. The
irresponsible act of the country goes against its commitment enshrined in
the joint statement it signed with five countries in Beijing last
September during the Six-Party Talks.

Saturday's vote demonstrated the UN's strong resolution, which is also
aimed at preventing a further escalation of tension.

It is a resolution with both punishment and encouragement.

The Council's condemnation on DPRK's nuclear test is clear and firm,
followed by the same clear and affirmative demand. DPRK is asked not to
conduct any further nuclear test or launch a ballistic missile.

On the list of items banned by the sanctions is any material for weapons
of mass destruction or ballistic missiles, coupled with luxury goods.

The DPRK totally rejects the resolution and accuses the Security Council
of unfairness and double standards.

The DPRK's representative told the Council his country was ready for both
dialogue and confrontation. He claimed that if the United States
persistently increased pressures upon the DPRK, it would continue to take
physical countermeasures because it considered these pressures as a
declaration of war.

Though a resolution that carries punitive sanctions on DPRK is in place,
prudence is still needed. The countries involved should refrain from
taking any provocative approaches that may intensify the tensions.

The Six-Party Talks were the forum established for a nuclear-free Korean
Peninsula and should be maintained to work for this purpose.

China opposes DPRK's nuclear test, which not only defies its
international commitments but also causes tensions in East Asia and the
world at large.

In this sense, the Security Council's response was an approach the
international community had to take.

The UN resolution sent a necessary call to DPRK to immediately retract
its announced withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, return to that pact, and works with the International
Atomic Energy Agency.

Without the threat of use of force, the resolution, the second on DPRK in
four months, offers leeway for diplomatic endeavours to handle DPRK's
nuclear issue outside sanctions.

The resolution carries the articles encouraging diplomacy that may push
DPRK back to the Six-Party Talks. Furthermore, it encourages DPRK to
comply with the resolution.

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