The font of all knowledge has a quick guide to current UNSC resolutions sanctioning the DPRK.
August 2017: Resolution 2371 (2017)
Passed in response to July 2017 DPRK ICBM tests.
Included:
- ban on coal exports as well as iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood
- restricted DPRK financial institutions from access to international financial system
- prohibited joint ventures with other countries
- banned additional DPRK laborers from being sent abroad
U.S. statement:
- “the strongest sanctions ever imposed in response to a ballistic missile test” (“Fact Sheet“)
- “the days of talking were over and it was time to act” (Ambassador Nikki Haley)
- “The most stringent set of sanctions on any country in a generation”
- “These sanctions will cut deep, and in doing so, will give the North Korean leadership a taste of the deprivation they have chosen to inflict on the North Korean people.”
- President Trump told reporters that North Korea will be “met with fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before”
- Tillerson compliments DPRK on two weeks of restraint
North Korea response:
- “ready to ruthlessly take strategic measures involving physical actions by fully mobilizing our national power” (Yonhap)
September 2017: Resolution 2375 (2017)
Response to the North Korean nuclear test of September 2, 2017.
Included:
- annual cap of 2MMbbl/yr of all refined petroleum products (of stated 4.5MMbbl/yr annual consumption) (Fact Sheet)
- freezes crude oil
- bans supply of LNG
- bans DPRK textile exports
- slow ban on DPRK export lbaorers
U.S. statement:
- “the strongest sanctions ever imposed on North Korea” (Fact Sheet)
- “We are done trying to prod the regime to do the right thing. We are now acting to stop it from having the ability to continue doing the wrong thing. We are doing that by hitting North Korea’s ability to fuel and fund its weapons program. Oil is the lifeblood of North Korea’s effort to build and deliver a nuclear weapon. Today’s resolution reduces almost 30 percent of oil provided to North Korea by cutting off over 55 percent of its gas, diesel, and heavy fuel oil. Further, today’s resolution completely bans natural gas and other oil byproducts that could be used as substitutes for the reduced petroleum. This will cut deep.” (Ambassador Nikki Haley)
- Trump calls DPRK leader Kim a “madman” (Twitter) and “Rocket Man” (UN speech):
- “The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. The United States is ready, willing and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary. That’s what the United Nations is all about; that’s what the United Nations is for. Let’s see how they do.”
DPRK reaction
- Kim terms Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and vows “highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history”
December 2017: Resolution 2397 (2017)
In response to November ICBM test by DPRK
Includes
- restriction on 2375 cap to 500Kbbl/yr of refined petroleum products (compared to stated 2016 levels of 4.5MM bbl/yr) (Fact Sheet)
- freezes crude oil exports at 4MM bbl/year
- Requires countries to expel DPRK laborers by end of 2019
- Completes sanctions on food, agricultural products, etc.
- Bans DPRK imports of heavy machinery, industrial equipment, etc
US statement
- “we have leveled an unprecedented response.” (Ambassador Nikki Haley)
- “This resolution ratchets up the pressure on North Korea even further, building on our last resolution, which included the strongest sanctions ever imposed on them. Those sanctions fully banned textile exports from North Korea. They banned all joint ventures and all new work permits for overseas North Korean laborers. And, critical to the regime’s ability to develop its nuclear and missile programs, the previous resolution cut off 55 percent of refined petroleum products going to North Korea. Today, we cut deeper.”
North Korea reaction: