Chair’s statement 1718 Committee Open briefing New York, 20 March 2024

With this briefing, we intend to inform Member States about the scope of the sanctions, the mandate and activities of the Committee, and the main findings and recommendations of the Panel of Expert’s most recent final report, dated 7 March 2024, which has just been published and is available on the 1718 Committee website under “reports” as Security Council document (S/2024/215). [...] The Acting Coordinator and non-proliferation and regional security expert of the Panel of Experts will subsequently elaborate in more detail on the main features of the DPRK sanctions, in line with the Panel’s most recent findings and recommendations included in the Panel’s final report. [...] GOAL OF THE SANCTIONS Colleagues, The ultimate goal of the sanctions is to facilitate the achievement of a peaceful and comprehensive solution to the situation in the DPRK through dialogue. [...] They also reiterate the goal of the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner and the return of the DPRK to the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) and International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. [...] Following his presentation, I plan to open up the floor for you to pose any questions that you may have regarding the DPRK sanctions and the implementation of Member State obligations, as well as the work of the 1718 Committee and the Panel of Experts.