North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
Selected documents:
By the adoption of UNSCR 1718 (2006) on 14 October 2006, the United Nations introduced restrictions on a range of goods from entering or leaving the North Korea and imposed a travel ban and an asset freeze against those persons designated by the competent UN Security Council Sanctions Committee or by the Security Council as persons who engage in or provide support for, including through other illicit means, North Korea’s nuclear-related, other weapons of mass destruction-related and ballistic missile-related programmes.
To date, no targets have been designated.
Selected documents
| 14.10.2006 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006) (PDF 38KB) Imposed a travel ban and an asset freeze against those persons designated by the competent UN Security Council Sanctions Committee or by the Security Council as persons who engage in or provide support for, including through other illicit means, North Korea’s nuclear-related, other weapons of mass destruction-related and ballistic missile-related programmes. |
| 27.03.2007 | Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 (PDF 62KB) Implemented the measures in UNSCR 1718 (2006) including the freezing of funds and economic resources of persons designated by the United Nations Sanctions Committee or the Security Council. |
| 16.11.2006 | The North Korea (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 (SI 2006/2958) (PDF 70KB) Implemented certain restrictive measures in UNSCR 1718 (2006) in the UK, including, amongst other things, provision to give effect to an asset freeze, including a prohibition on the making available of funds and economic resources to individuals and entities designated by the UN Sanctions Committee or by the UN Security Council, and provided for breaches of the Order to be criminal offences. |
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