北朝鮮向けの資材提供始まる
北朝鮮の核問題をめぐる６か国協議で、北朝鮮が核施設の無能力化などを実施する見返りとして各国が提供することになっている資材の第１陣が、１６日、韓国から送り出されました。
６か国協議の「経済・エネルギー協力」の作業部会では、北朝鮮が核施設の無能力化や、すべての核開発計画の申告を行う見返りとして、各国が提供する重油９５万トンのうち、５０万トン分について、北朝鮮の発電所の改修に必要な資材の形で支援することで合意しています。これを受けて、北朝鮮に向けた資材の第１陣が韓国から送られることになり、１６日午後、４０億ウォン、日本円でおよそ５億円に相当する鉄の鋼板５０００トン余りを積んだ貨物船が、韓国南東部のポハン港を出発しました。これは資材として提供する重油５０万トンのうちのおよそ１万トン分にあたります。貨物船は、今週には北朝鮮南部のナンポ港に到着する見通しです。北朝鮮の核問題では、核開発計画の申告などをめぐって、米朝間の調整がついていないために、６か国協議の首席代表会合を開けない状態が続いており、韓国としては、こうした支援を進めることで、北朝鮮側から前向きな姿勢を引き出したい考えです。
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North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
Summary
The issue of North Korea’s inclusion on the U.S. list of terrorism-supporting
countries has arisen twice in recent U.S.-North Korean diplomacy. In 2000, North
Korea demanded that the Clinton Administration remove North Korea from the
terrorism-support list before North Korea would send a high level envoy to
Washington and accept the Clinton Administration’s proposal to begin negotiations
with the United States over the North Korean missile program. In 2003, multilateral
negotiations involving six governments began over North Korea’s nuclear programs
in the wake of North Korea’s actions to terminate its obligations under the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty and the 1994 U.S.-North Korean Agreed Framework. In
the six party talks, North Korea demanded that in return for a North Korean “freeze”
of its plutonium nuclear program, the United States agree to a number of U.S.
concessions, including removing North Korea from the U.S. terrorism-support list.
In late 2006 and early 2007, the Bush Administration reportedly offered North
Korea removal from the U.S. terrorism list if North Korea agreed to end its nuclear
programs. U.S. and North Korean diplomats negotiated much of the Six Party
Nuclear Agreement, which was signed on February 13, 2007. That agreement
specified that the United States and North Korea would begin to negotiate a process
of removal of North Korea from the terrorism list. In August-September 2007,
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill apparently made promises to North
Korea’s chief negotiator to remove North Korea as part of the process to implement
Phase Two of the February 2007 nuclear agreement. They set a deadline of
December 31, 2007, for completion of Phase II. Phase II requires North Korea to
allow the “disablement” of its plutonium facilities at Yongbyon and to issue a
declaration of its nuclear programs. The Bush Administration increasingly took the
position that the issue of North Korea’s kidnapping of Japanese citizens was not
linked to removing North Korea from the terrorism list, from the standpoint of U.S.
law or policy. The Japanese government objected to this position. The State
Department continued to declare that North Korea had not committed a terrorist act
since 1987, but contrary reports from reputable sources described recent North
Korean programs to provide arms and training to Hezbollah in Lebanon and the
Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, two groups on the U.S. list of international terrorist
organizations.
If the Administration removes North Korea from the terrorism list, it is required
under law to notify Congress 45 days prior to removal. For Congress to prevent
removal, it would have to pass legislation (not resolutions) that would be subject to
a presidential veto. The Administration has stated that it will adhere to the
requirement of providing Congress with a 45-day notice.
The issue of North Korea’s inclusion on the U.S. list of terrorism-supporting
countries has arisen twice in recent U.S.-North Korean diplomacy. In 2000, North
Korea demanded that the Clinton Administration remove North Korea from the
terrorism-support list before North Korea would send a high level envoy to
Washington and accept the Clinton Administration’s proposal to begin negotiations
with the United States over the North Korean missile program. In 2003, multilateral
negotiations involving six governments began over North Korea’s nuclear programs
in the wake of North Korea’s actions to terminate its obligations under the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty and the 1994 U.S.-North Korean Agreed Framework. In
the six party talks, North Korea demanded that in return for a North Korean “freeze”
of its plutonium nuclear program, the United States agree to a number of U.S.
concessions, including removing North Korea from the U.S. terrorism-support list.
In late 2006 and early 2007, the Bush Administration reportedly offered North
Korea removal from the U.S. terrorism list if North Korea agreed to end its nuclear
programs. U.S. and North Korean diplomats negotiated much of the Six Party
Nuclear Agreement, which was signed on February 13, 2007. That agreement
specified that the United States and North Korea would begin to negotiate a process
of removal of North Korea from the terrorism list. In August-September 2007,
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill apparently made promises to North
Korea’s chief negotiator to remove North Korea as part of the process to implement
Phase Two of the February 2007 nuclear agreement. They set a deadline of
December 31, 2007, for completion of Phase II. Phase II requires North Korea to
allow the “disablement” of its plutonium facilities at Yongbyon and to issue a
declaration of its nuclear programs. The Bush Administration increasingly took the
position that the issue of North Korea’s kidnapping of Japanese citizens was not
linked to removing North Korea from the terrorism list, from the standpoint of U.S.
law or policy. The Japanese government objected to this position. The State
Department continued to declare that North Korea had not committed a terrorist act
since 1987, but contrary reports from reputable sources described recent North
Korean programs to provide arms and training to Hezbollah in Lebanon and the
Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, two groups on the U.S. list of international terrorist
organizations.
If the Administration removes North Korea from the terrorism list, it is required
under law to notify Congress 45 days prior to removal. For Congress to prevent
removal, it would have to pass legislation (not resolutions) that would be subject to
a presidential veto. The Administration has stated that it will adhere to the
requirement of providing Congress with a 45-day notice.
中国の武外務次官が訪朝 「核無能力化」協議の見通し
中国外務省によると、６者協議の議長を務める武大偉次官は１７日までに平壌を訪れ、北朝鮮の金桂寛（キム・ゲグァン）外務次官との協議に入った。ウラン濃縮計画の問題も絡んで年内の核計画の申告に対する悲観論が強まる中、申告問題や核施設の無能力化の見通しなどについて協議しているとみられる。
北朝鮮は６者協議の合意で年内にすべての核施設を申告することになっているが、武次官は今月６日、申告問題について「（北朝鮮も）努力している」と述べる一方、年内に核施設を無能力化するための作業については「技術的に間に合わない」との見方を記者団に示していた。
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