IV 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 517
Condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for its failure to 
comply with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 
and the U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework of 1994. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2002
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for 
its failure to comply with the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
liferation of Nuclear Weapons and the U.S.-North Korea 
Agreed Framework of 1994.
Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
Weapons (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Non-Prolifera-
tion Treaty’’ or ‘‘NPT’’) is the most widely accepted 
international arms control agreement; 
Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
Weapons was signed on July 1, 1968, and entered into 
force on March 5, 1970; 
Whereas a total of 187 countries are parties to the Non-Pro-
liferation Treaty and the Democratic People’s Republic of
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Korea (North Korea) has been a signatory of the Treaty 
since 1985; 
Whereas Article II of the Non-Proliferation Treaty provides 
that ‘‘[e]ach non-nuclear-weapon State Party to the 
Treaty undertakes not to receive the transfer from any 
transferor whatsoever of nuclear weapons or other nu-
clear explosive devices or of control over such weapons or 
explosive devices directly, or indirectly; not to manufac-
ture or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons or other nu-
clear explosive devices; and not to seek or receive any as-
sistance in the manufacture of nuclear weapons or other 
nuclear explosive devices’’; 
Whereas section 1 of Article III of the Non-Proliferation 
Treaty provides that ‘‘[e]ach non-nuclear-weapon State 
Party to the Treaty undertakes to accept safeguards, as 
set forth in an agreement to be negotiated and concluded 
with the International Atomic Energy Agency in accord-
ance with the Statute of the International Atomic Energy 
Agency and the Agency’s safeguards system, for the ex-
clusive purpose of verification of the fulfillment of its ob-
ligations assumed under this Treaty with a view to pre-
venting diversion of nuclear energy from peaceful uses to 
nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices’’; 
Whereas North Korea has been a member state of the United 
Nations since September 17, 1991; 
Whereas in 1992 North Korea threatened to withdraw from 
the Non-Proliferation Treaty following a request from the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for special 
inspections to help resolve anomalies in North Korean 
nuclear facilities;
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Whereas in the Agreed Framework Between the United 
States of America and the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea, signed in Geneva on October 21, 1994, North 
Korea pledged to freeze its existing nuclear program and 
allow the IAEA to carry out inspections designed to ac-
count for all its nuclear material and in return, North 
Korea would be provided with two light-water reactors 
and heavy fuel oil; 
Whereas since early 1993 North Korea has refused to allow 
inspections of its nuclear facilities by the IAEA; 
Whereas on March 21, 1994, the IAEA passed a resolution 
stating that it could not verify that North Korea had not 
used nuclear materials for the production of nuclear 
weapons and nuclear explosive devices; 
Whereas in the U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework of 
1994, the United States pledged to organize, under its 
leadership, an international consortium to finance and 
supply the light water reactor project for North Korea; 
Whereas the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organi-
zation (KEDO), an international consortium, was created 
in 1995 to advance the implementation of the Agreed 
Framework by providing North Korea with alternative 
sources of energy in the form of heavy fuel oil and a 
modern nuclear power plant; 
Whereas on April 11, 1995, the United Nations Security 
Council adopted Resolution 984 reaffirming the need for 
all states parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty to com-
ply fully with all their obligations; 
Whereas Security Council Resolution 984 urges all states, as 
provided for in Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Trea-
ty, to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective meas-
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ures relating to nuclear disarmament and on a treaty on 
general and complete disarmament under strict and effec-
tive international control which remains a universal goal; 
Whereas on November 1, 1995, the United Nations General 
Assembly adopted Resolution 50/9 expressing concern 
over the continuing noncompliance of North Korea to co-
operate fully with the IAEA to verify North Korea’s in-
ventory of nuclear material subject to safeguards; 
Whereas in October 2002 North Korea admitted that it has 
been operating a covert nuclear weapons program; 
Whereas the United States and the Republic of Korea have 
long had a close relationship based on shared interests 
and shared security goals; 
Whereas there are nearly 38,000 United States Armed 
Forces currently stationed on the Korean Peninsula; 
Whereas the United States and Japan have long had a close 
relationship based on shared interests and shared secu-
rity goals; 
Whereas there are nearly 40,000 United States Armed 
Forces currently stationed in Japan; and 
Whereas the existence of a North Korean nuclear weapons 
program poses a real and imminent threat to the popu-
lations of South Korea, Japan, and North Korea, and 
United States Armed Forces in that region: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress—
(1) calls on the Democratic People’s Republic of 
Korea (North Korea), as a signatory of the Treaty
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on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to 
comply with Articles II, III and VI of that Treaty; 
(2) calls on North Korea, as a signatory of the 
U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework of 1994, to 
honor commitments to freeze nuclear programs; 
(3) calls on North Korea, as a signatory of the 
Agreed Framework of 1994, to allow the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to carry out 
inspections under conditions stipulated in the Agreed 
Framework of 1994; 
(4) commends the members of the Korean Pe-
ninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) 
for honoring and upholding commitments to advance 
the implementation of the Agreed Framework of 
1994; 
(5) calls on North Korea to comply with United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 984 (April 11, 
1995) and comply fully with its obligations under 
the Non-Proliferation Treaty; 
(6) calls on North Korea, as a member of the 
United Nations, to comply with United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly Resolution 50/9 (November 1, 1995) 
to cooperate fully with the IAEA; 
(7) calls on the IAEA to report to the United 
Nations General Assembly, not later than one year
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after the date of the adoption of this concurrent res-
olution, on the status of North Korea’s compliance 
with inspections; 
(8) calls on members of KEDO to suspend con-
struction of the light water reactor in North Korea, 
including to suspend funding of such construction, 
and to suspend shipment of heavy fuel oil to North 
Korea if the IAEA report submitted pursuant to 
paragraph (7) indicates non-compliance by North 
Korea; and 
(9) calls on the Russian Federation, the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of 
Korea, and other concerned countries to support the 
suspension of the commitment by the United States 
under the U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework of 
1994 pending compliance by North Korea with in-
spections criteria by the IAEA.
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