United Nations Security Council Resolution 2371
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| UN Security Council Resolution 2371 | ||
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| Date | 5 August 2017 | |
| Meeting no. | 8019 | |
| Code | S/RES/2371 (Document) | |
| Subject | Non-proliferation: Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
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| Result | Adopted | |
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2371 on August 5, 2017, with approval of all the five permanent members and the ten non-permanent members in response to North Korea's July 2017 missile tests.[1][2][3]
The resolution tightened economic sanctions for the 6th time, since they were first imposed in 2006, when North Korea had its first nuclear test.[4]
The new restrictions ban purchases of North Korean coal, iron, lead and seafood (the country's main exports). According to some estimates, this will deprive the regime of $1 billion a year—a third of its foreign earnings. The sanctions also prohibit governments around the world from admitting any more North Korean workers, as the regime pockets most of their wages.[4][3][2]
Before adopting this resolution, North Korea had conducted 14 missile tests in 2017,[5] advancing its capabilities to eventually deliver a nuclear warhead. The tests in July 2017 were of intercontinental ballistic missiles. For the first time they demonstrated the capability by the DPR Korea to deliver warheads to even as far as part of the continental U.S.[6][7][8][5][1]
Continued efforts by North Korea in advancing the host of technologies to allow them to launch a nuclear strike, led the UN to for the 6th time impose tightening economic sanctions against the country since they were first imposed in 2006.[4][1]