Security Council resolution 1874 (2009) [on measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in connection with its nuclear weapon tests]
Symbol: S/RES/1874(2009)
Date: 2009-06-12
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/64 [23] NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
S/64 [213] DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA--MISSILE LAUNCHINGS
Subjects: IAEA|UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 1718 (2006) concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea|UN. Panel of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009) > Terms of reference|Six-Party Talks|Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968)|Joint Statement of the Fourth Round of Six Party Talks (2005 : Beijing)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS|SANCTIONS|DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA|SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE|INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS|BALLISTIC MISSILES|TREATY COMPLIANCE|NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS|NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION|NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT|NUCLEAR MATERIALS|CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS|WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION|ARMS EMBARGO|ARMS TRANSFERS|SMALL ARMS|SHIP INSPECTION|FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE|DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS|TRAINING PROGRAMMES|NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: AUSTRIA
vote: yes
country: BURKINA FASO
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: COSTA RICA
vote: yes
country: CROATIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: TURKEY
vote: yes
country: UGANDA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                   S/RES/1874 (2009)
               Security Council                                               Distr.: General
                                                                              12 June 2009




               Resolution 1874 (2009)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 6141st meeting, on
               12 June 2009
                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 (1993),
               resolution 1540 (2004), resolution 1695 (2006), and, in particular, resolution 1718
               (2006), as well as the statements of its President of 6 October 2006
               (S/PRST/2006/41) and 13 April 2009 (S/PRST/2009/7),
                    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 nuclear test conducted by the Democratic
               People’s Republic of Korea (“the DPRK”) on 25 May 2009 (local time) in violation
               of resolution 1718 (2006), and at the challenge such a test constitutes to the Treaty
               on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (“the NPT”) and to international efforts
               aimed at strengthening the global regime of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
               towards the 2010 NPT Review Conference, and the danger it poses to peace and
               stability in the region and beyond,
                    Stressing its collective support for the NPT and commitment to strengthen the
               Treaty in all its aspects, and global efforts towards nuclear non-proliferation and
               nuclear disarmament, and recalling that the DPRK cannot have the status of a
               nuclear-weapon state in accordance with the NPT in any case,
                    Deploring the DPRK’s announcement of withdrawal from the NPT and its
               pursuit of nuclear weapons,
                    Underlining once again the importance that the DPRK respond to other
               security and humanitarian concerns of the international community,
                    Underlining also that measures imposed by this resolution are not intended to
               have adverse humanitarian consequences for the civilian population of the DPRK,
                     Expressing its gravest concern that the nuclear test and missile activities
               carried out by the DPRK have further generated increased tension in the region and
               beyond, and determining that there continues to exist a clear threat to international
               peace and security,
                     Reaffirming the importance that all Member States uphold the purposes and
               principles of the Charter of the United Nations,


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                   Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, and taking
               measures under its Article 41,
                     1.   Condemns in the strongest terms the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK
               on 25 May 2009 (local time) in violation and flagrant disregard of its relevant
               resolutions, in particular resolutions 1695 (2006) and 1718 (2006), and the
               statement of its President of 13 April 2009 (S/PRST/2009/7);
                    2.    Demands that the DPRK not conduct any further nuclear test or any
               launch using ballistic missile technology;
                    3.    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 launches;
                    4.    Demands that the DPRK immediately comply fully with its obligations
               under relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 1718 (2006);
                    5.   Demands that the DPRK immediately retract its announcement of
               withdrawal from the NPT;
                     6.    Demands further that the DPRK return at an early date to the NPT and
               International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, bearing in mind the rights
               and obligations of States Parties to the NPT, and underlines the need for all States
               Parties to the NPT to continue to comply with their Treaty obligations;
                     7.   Calls upon all Member States to implement their obligations pursuant to
               resolution 1718 (2006), including with respect to designations made by the
               Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) (“the Committee”)
               pursuant to the statement of its President of 13 April 2009 (S/PRST/2009/7);
                     8.   Decides that the DPRK shall abandon all nuclear weapons and existing
               nuclear programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner and immediately
               cease all related activities, shall act strictly in accordance with the obligations
               applicable to parties under the NPT and the terms and conditions of the IAEA
               Safeguards Agreement (IAEA INFCIRC/403) and shall provide the IAEA
               transparency measures extending beyond these requirements, including such access
               to individuals, documentation, equipment and facilities as may be required and
               deemed necessary by the IAEA;
                     9.    Decides that the measures in paragraph 8 (b) of resolution 1718 (2006)
               shall also apply to all arms and related materiel, as well as to financial transactions,
               technical training, advice, services or assistance related to the provision,
               manufacture, maintenance or use of such arms or materiel;
                     10. Decides that the measures in paragraph 8 (a) of resolution 1718 (2006)
               shall also apply to all arms and related materiel, as well as to financial transactions,
               technical training, advice, services or assistance related to the provision,
               manufacture, maintenance or use of such arms, except for small arms and light
               weapons and their related materiel, and calls upon States to exercise vigilance over
               the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to the DPRK of small arms or light
               weapons, and further decides that States shall notify the Committee at least five
               days prior to selling, supplying or transferring small arms or light weapons to the
               DPRK;




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                 11. Calls upon all States to inspect, in accordance with their national
           authorities and legislation, and consistent with international law, all cargo to and
           from the DPRK, in their territory, including seaports and airports, if the State
           concerned has information that provides reasonable grounds to believe the cargo
           contains items the supply, sale, transfer, or export of which is prohibited by
           paragraph 8 (a), 8 (b), or 8 (c) of resolution 1718 or by paragraph 9 or 10 of this
           resolution, for the purpose of ensuring strict implementation of those provisions;
                 12. Calls upon all Member States to inspect vessels, with the consent of the
           flag State, on the high seas, if they have information that provides reasonable
           grounds to believe that the cargo of such vessels contains items the supply, sale,
           transfer, or export of which is prohibited by paragraph 8 (a), 8 (b), or 8 (c) of
           resolution 1718 (2006) or by paragraph 9 or 10 of this resolution, for the purpose of
           ensuring strict implementation of those provisions;
                13. Calls upon all States to cooperate with inspections pursuant to
           paragraphs 11 and 12, and, if the flag State does not consent to inspection on the
           high seas, decides that the flag State shall direct the vessel to proceed to an
           appropriate and convenient port for the required inspection by the local authorities
           pursuant to paragraph 11;
                 14. Decides to authorize all Member States to, and that all Member States
           shall, seize and dispose of items the supply, sale, transfer, or export of which is
           prohibited by paragraph 8 (a), 8 (b), or 8 (c) of resolution 1718 or by paragraph 9 or
           10 of this resolution that are identified in inspections pursuant to paragraph 11, 12,
           or 13 in a manner that is not inconsistent with their obligations under applicable
           Security Council resolutions, including resolution 1540 (2004), as well as any
           obligations of parties to the NPT, the Convention on the Prohibition of the
           Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their
           Destruction of 29 April 1997, and the Convention on the Prohibition of the
           Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin
           Weapons and on Their Destruction of 10 April 1972, and decides further that all
           States shall cooperate in such efforts;
                15. Requires any Member State, when it undertakes an inspection pursuant to
           paragraph 11, 12, or 13, or seizes and disposes of cargo pursuant to paragraph 14, to
           submit promptly reports containing relevant details to the Committee on the
           inspection, seizure and disposal;
                 16. Requires any Member State, when it does not receive the cooperation of
           a flag State pursuant to paragraph 12 or 13 to submit promptly to the Committee a
           report containing relevant details;
                 17. Decides that Member States shall prohibit the provision by their nationals
           or from their territory of bunkering services, such as provision of fuel or supplies, or
           other servicing of vessels, to DPRK vessels if they have information that provides
           reasonable grounds to believe they are carrying items the supply, sale, transfer, or
           export of which is prohibited by paragraph 8 (a), 8 (b), or 8 (c) of resolution 1718
           (2006) or by paragraph 9 or 10 of this resolution, unless provision of such services
           is necessary for humanitarian purposes or until such time as the cargo has been
           inspected, and seized and disposed of if necessary, and underlines that this
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                     18. Calls upon Member States, in addition to implementing their obligations
               pursuant to paragraphs 8 (d) and (e) of resolution 1718 (2006), to prevent the
               provision of financial services or the transfer to, through, or from their territory, or
               to or by their nationals or entities organized under their laws (including branches
               abroad), or persons or financial institutions in their territory, of any financial or
               other assets or resources that could contribute to the DPRK’s nuclear-related,
               ballistic missile-related, or other weapons of mass destruction-related programs or
               activities, including by freezing any financial or other assets or resources on their
               territories or that hereafter come within their territories, or that are subject to their
               jurisdiction or that hereafter become subject to their jurisdiction, that are associated
               with such programs or activities and applying enhanced monitoring to prevent all
               such transactions in accordance with their national authorities and legislation;
                     19. Calls upon all Member States and international financial and credit
               institutions not to enter into new commitments for grants, financial assistance, or
               concessional loans to the DPRK, except for humanitarian and developmental
               purposes directly addressing the needs of the civilian population, or the promotion
               of denuclearization, and also calls upon States to exercise enhanced vigilance with a
               view to reducing current commitments;
                     20. Calls upon all Member States not to provide public financial support for
               trade with the DPRK (including the granting of export credits, guarantees or
               insurance to their nationals or entities involved in such trade) where such financial
               support could contribute to the DPRK’s nuclear-related or ballistic missile-related or
               other WMD-related programs or activities;
                     21. Emphasizes that all Member States should comply with the provisions of
               paragraphs 8 (a) (iii) and 8 (d) of resolution 1718 (2006) without prejudice to the
               activities of the diplomatic missions in the DPRK pursuant to the Vienna
               Convention on Diplomatic Relations;
                     22. Calls upon all Member States to report to the Security Council within
               forty-five days of the adoption of this resolution and thereafter upon request by the
               Committee on concrete measures they have taken in order to implement effectively
               the provisions of paragraph 8 of resolution 1718 (2006) as well as paragraphs 9 and
               10 of this resolution, as well as financial measures set out in paragraphs 18, 19 and
               20 of this resolution;
                     23. Decides that the measures set out at paragraphs 8 (a), 8 (b) and 8 (c) of
               resolution 1718 (2006) shall also apply to the items listed in INFCIRC/254/Rev.9/Part 1a
               and INFCIRC/254/Rev.7/Part 2a;
                     24. Decides to adjust the measures imposed by paragraph 8 of resolution
               1718 (2006) and this resolution, including through the designation of entities,
               goods, and individuals, and directs the Committee to undertake its tasks to this
               effect and to report to the Security Council within thirty days of adoption of this
               resolution, and further decides that, if the Committee has not acted, then the
               Security Council will complete action to adjust the measures within seven days of
               receiving that report;
                    25. Decides that the Committee shall intensify its efforts to promote the full
               implementation of resolution 1718 (2006), the statement of its President of 13 April
               2009 (S/PRST/2009/7) and this resolution, through a work programme covering
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           submitted to the Council by 15 July 2009, and that it shall also receive and consider
           reports from Member States pursuant to paragraphs 10, 15, 16 and 22 of this
           resolution;
                 26. Requests the Secretary-General to create for an initial period of one year,
           in consultation with the Committee, a group of up to seven experts (“Panel of
           Experts”), acting under the direction of the Committee to carry out the following
           tasks: (a) assist the Committee in carrying out its mandate as specified in resolution
           1718 (2006) and the functions specified in paragraph 25 of this resolution;
           (b) gather, examine and analyze information from States, relevant United Nations
           bodies and other interested parties regarding the implementation of the measures
           imposed in resolution 1718 (2006) and in this resolution, in particular incidents of
           non-compliance; (c) make recommendations on actions the Council, or the
           Committee or Member States, may consider to improve implementation of the
           measures imposed in resolution 1718 (2006) and in this resolution; and (d) provide
           an interim report on its work to the Council no later than 90 days after adoption of
           this resolution, and a final report to the Council no later than 30 days prior to
           termination of its mandate with its findings and recommendations;
                 27. Urges all States, relevant United Nations bodies and other interested
           parties, to cooperate fully with the Committee and the Panel of Experts, in particular
           by supplying any information at their disposal on the implementation of the
           measures imposed by resolution 1718 (2006) and this resolution;
                 28. Calls upon all Member States to exercise vigilance and prevent
           specialized teaching or training of DPRK nationals within their territories or by their
           nationals, of disciplines which could contribute to the DPRK’s proliferation
           sensitive nuclear activities and the development of nuclear weapon delivery
           systems;
                29. Calls upon the DPRK to join the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
           Treaty at the earliest date;
                 30. Supports peaceful dialogue, calls upon the DPRK to return immediately
           to the Six Party Talks without precondition, and urges all the participants to
           intensify their efforts on the full and expeditious implementation of the Joint
           Statement issued on 19 September 2005 and the joint documents of 13 February
           2007 and 3 October 2007, by China, the DPRK, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
           Russian Federation and the United States, with a view to achieving the verifiable
           denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and to maintain peace and stability on the
           Korean Peninsula and in north-east Asia;
                 31. Expresses its commitment to a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution
           to the situation and welcomes efforts by Council members as well as other Member
           States to facilitate a peaceful and comprehensive solution through dialogue and to
           refrain from any actions that might aggravate tensions;
                 32. Affirms that it shall keep the DPRK’s actions under continuous review
           and that it shall be prepared to review the appropriateness of the measures contained
           in paragraph 8 of resolution 1718 (2006) and relevant paragraphs of this resolution,
           including the strengthening, modification, suspension or lifting of the measures, as
           may be needed at that time in light of the DPRK’s compliance with relevant
           provisions of resolution 1718 (2006) and this resolution;



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                   33. Underlines that further decisions will be required, should additional
               measures be necessary;
                    34.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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