IV 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 145 

Calling for universal condemnation of the North Korean missile launch of 

December 12, 2012. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2012 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. 

BURTON of Indiana, Mr. TURNER of New York, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 

Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, and Mr. 

SMITH of New Jersey) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Calling for universal condemnation of the North Korean 

missile launch of December 12, 2012. 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695, 

unanimously adopted on July 15, 2006, following a series 

of North Korean missile firings on July 5, 2006, specifically condemned the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (North Korea) recent test-firing of a series of missiles, and demanded that the North-East Asian country 

suspend all ballistic missile related activity and reinstate 

its moratorium on missile launches; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 

also required all Member States, in accordance with their 

national legal authorities and legislation and consistent 


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with international law, to exercise vigilance and prevent 

missile and missile-related items, materials, goods, and 

technology being transferred to North Korea’s missile or 

weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programmes, and to 

prevent the procurement of missiles or missile relateditems, materials, goods, and technology from North 

Korea, and the transfer of any financial resources in relation to North Korea’s missile or WMD programmes; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718, 

adopted on October 14, 2006, decided that North Korea 

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; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 

also imposed a ban on the sales of military equipment 

and luxury goods to North Korea as well as a ban on 

technology transfers; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 

further required Member States to prevent the travel of 

North Korean officials connected to the ballistic missile 

or nuclear programs, the inspection of cargo from North 

Korea to assure it was not missile, WMD, or nuclear-related, and the immediate freezing of funds, other financial assets, and economic resources that support these illicit North Korean activities; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874, 

adopted on June 12, 2009, called upon Member States 

to inspect, seize, and dispose of proscribed illicit North 

Korea items related to its missile, nuclear, and WMD 

programmes and to prevent the provision of financial 

services or the transfer to, through, or from their territory of any financial or other assets or resources that 


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could contribute to North Korea’s nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related, or other WMD-related programmes 

or activities, and by denying fuel or supplies to service 

the vessels carrying them; 

Whereas evidence of the People’s Republic of China’s noncompliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions related to North Korea was clearly demonstrated by 

the appearance in a military parade in Pyongyang, North 

Korea, on April 15, 2012, of a Chinese-manufactured 

missile launcher in the possession of North Korean military forces; 

Whereas, on December 12, 2012, in flagrant defiance of past 

United Nations Security Council resolutions, the international community, and its Six-Party partners, North 

Korea launched a three-stage, long-range missile, which 

overflew Japanese territory near Okinawa and dropped 

debris into the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and 

waters adjacent to the Philippines; 

Whereas North Korea’s latest provocative and defiant action 

represents a direct threat to the United States Armed 

Forces in the Asia/Pacific region and regional allies and 

friends, including the Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, 

and the Philippines and is a potential future threat to the 

United States and its people, including those residing in 

Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, and the west coast of the United 

States mainland; and 

Whereas multiple media reports indicated that Iran sent a 

delegation of scientists, believed to be missile experts, to 

provide technical assistance and to observe the December 

12, 2012, North Korean missile launch, pointing to an 

extensive cooperation on missile development between the 


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two rogue nations that dates back to the 1980s: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that— 

3 (1) the North Korean missile launch of Decem4 ber 12, 2012, represents a flagrant violation of 

5 United Nations Security Council resolutions 825 

6 (1993), 1540 (2004), 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), 

7 and 1874 (2009), that North Korea continues to 

8 defy the United Nations, its Six-Party partners, and 

9 the international community, and that the Member 

10 States should immediately impose sanctions covered 

11 by these resolutions and censure North Korea; and 

12 (2) all current restrictions against the Govern13 ment of North Korea, including sanctions that ban 

14 the importation into the United States of North Ko15 rean products and goods, should remain in effect 

16 until the Government of North Korea no longer en17 gages in activities that threaten United States inter18 ests and global peace and stability. 

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