By hannover-web.com According to a report by South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency on October 16, the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that a multi-national sanctions monitoring group has been established involving 11 countries including South Korea, the United States, and Japan, in response to sanctions on North Korea.
The report highlights that this initiative comes after the United Nations Security Council’s Panel of Experts on North Korea sanctions concluded its term and was disbanded on April 30. The newly formed group comprises South Korea, the U.S., Japan, France, the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and it operates outside the UN framework.
The monitoring group is expected to take on the role previously held by the UN experts, providing real-time oversight of any activities that violate or evade sanctions against North Korea, sharing relevant information, and releasing reports on their findings.
In a prior statement, North Korean UN representative Kim Song expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of such formations, asserting that attempts by the U.S. and other Western nations to create another panel of experts would ultimately fail. He remarked, “Even if the hostile forces fabricate a second or third panel, they are doomed to fade away with the passage of time.”
