Security Council resolution 2569 (2021) [on extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009) concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea until 30 Apr. 2022]
Symbol: S/RES/2569 (2021)
Date: 2021-03-26
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/76 [23] NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
S/ X Non-proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Subjects: UN. Panel of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS|DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA|SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: ESTONIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: IRELAND
vote: yes
country: KENYA
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: NIGER
vote: yes
country: NORWAY
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
vote: yes
country: TUNISIA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

            United Nations                                                                 S/RES/2569 (2021)*
            Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                             26 March 2021




            Resolution 2569 (2021)
            Adopted by the Security Council on 26 March 2021

                  The Security Council,
                 Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolutions 825 (1993),
            1540 (2004), 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 1887 (2009), 1928 (2010), 1985
            (2011), 2050 (2012), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2141 (2014), 2207 (2015), 2270
            (2016), 2276 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2345 (2017), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375
            (2017), 2397 (2017), 2407 (2018), 2464 (2019), and 2515 (2020), as well as the
            statements of its President of 6 October 2006 (S/PRST/2006/41), 13 April 2009
            (S/PRST/2009/7), 16 April 2012 (S/PRST/2012/13), and 29 August 2017
            (S/PRST/2017/16),
                  Recalling the creation, pursuant to paragraph 26 of resolution 1874 (2009), of a
            Panel of Experts, under the direction of the Committee, to carry out the tasks provided
            for by that paragraph,
                 Recalling the 28 August 2020 interim report (S/2020/840) by the Panel of
            Experts appointed by the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 26 of resolution
            1874 (2009) and the 4 March 2021 final report (S/2021/211) by the Panel,
                Recalling the methodological standards for reports of sanctions monitoring
            mechanisms contained in the Report of the Informal Working Group of the Security
            Council on General Issues of Sanctions (S/2006/997),
                 Welcoming the efforts made by the Secretariat to expand and improve the roster
            of experts for the Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch, bearing in mind the
            guidance provided by the Note of the President (S/2006/997), noting paragraph 11,
                 Emphasizing, in that regard, the importance of credible, fact-based, independent
            assessments, analysis, and recommendations, in accordance with the mandate of the
            Panel of Experts, as specified in paragraph 26 of resolution 1874 (2009),
                 Determining that proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, as
            well as their means of delivery continue to constitute a threat to international peace
            and security,
                  Acting under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                  1.    Decides to extend until 30 April 2022 the mandate of the Panel of Experts,
            as specified in paragraph 26 of resolution 1874 (2009) and modified in paragraph 29
            of resolution 2094 (2013), decides that this mandate shall apply also with respect to
            the measures imposed in resolutions 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371

          * Reissued for technical reasons on 7 April 2021.


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               (2017), 2375 (2017), and 2397 (2017), expresses its intent to review the mandate and
               take appropriate action regarding further extension no later than 25 March 2022, and
               requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary administrative measures to this
               effect;
                     2.    Requests the Panel of Experts to provide to the Committee no later than
               3 August 2021 a midterm report on its work, as requested in paragraph 43 of
               resolution 2321 (2016), and further requests that, after a discussion with the
               Committee, the Panel of Experts submit to the Council its midterm report by
               6 September 2021, and requests also a final report to the Committee no later than
               28 January 2022 with its findings and recommendations, and further requests that,
               after a discussion with the Committee, the Panel of Experts submit to the Council its
               final report no later than 25 February 2022;
                    3.    Requests the Panel of Experts to provide to the Committee a planned
               programme of work no later than thirty days after the Panel’s reappo intment,
               encourages the Committee to engage in regular discussions about this programme of
               work and to engage regularly with the Panel about its work, and further requests the
               Panel of Experts to provide to the Committee any updates to this programme of wo rk;
                    4.     Underscores that the panel shall carry out credible, fact-based,
               independent assessments, analysis, and recommendations in an objective and
               impartial manner and in accordance with the mandate of the Panel of Experts, as
               specified in paragraph 26 of resolution 1874 (2009);
                    5.    Further expresses its intent to continue to follow the work of the Panel;
                     6.     Urges all States, relevant United Nations bodies and other interested
               parties, to cooperate fully with the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718
               (2006) and the Panel of Experts, in particular by supplying any information at their
               disposal on the implementation of the measures imposed by resolutions 1718 (2006),
               1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371
               (2017), 2375 (2017), and 2397 (2017);
                    7.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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