Bank of Zambia Directive on UN Security Council Resolutions 2371 and 2375 Regarding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

# Bank Of Zambia

## OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR - OPERATIONS

BOZ/EXEC/DGO/banksup/bp  
November 22, 2017

To: All the Chief Executive Officers of Commercial Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions  

Dear Sir/Madam,

### UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2371 (2017) AND 2375 (2017) ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA ("THE DPRK")

We wish to bring to your attention the updated list issued by the United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee in respect of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“The DPRK”), individuals and entities associated with DPRK. These are currently subject to the assets freeze and travel ban as set out in Annex I and Annex II of the attached Security Council Resolution 2371 (2017). This Resolution was adopted by the Security Council at its 8019th meeting on August 5, 2017 and Security Council resolution 2375 (2017) adopted by the Security Council at its 8042nd meeting on September 11, 2017.

Kindly note that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also communicated the targeted sanctions against North Korean individuals and entities as issued by the United States of America President under Executive Order No. 13810. This new law authorises the US to block financial systems and property of foreign institutions that knowingly conduct transactions with North Korea. The list of the additional names designated on September 26, 2017 are as per the attached listing.

In this regard all Commercial Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions are required to check their respective data bases and report (as per the attached format) the existence or non-existence of financial transactions (including attempted transactions), bank accounts, funds, other financial assets or property maintained in the names or administered on behalf of individuals and entities named on the UN Security Council Website at http://www.un.org/sc/committees.

Further, it should be noted that the required report must be submitted to the Director – Bank Supervision Department, Bank of Zambia within 10 working days following the end of each calendar month, indicating the names of the affected individuals, groups, undertakings and entities including the permanent reference numbers, the nature of assets, such as bank accounts, funds, other financial assets or property. The first report shall be due on or before December 12, 2017.

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All CEOs of Comm. Banks and Non-Banks - 2 - November 22, 2017

Yours faithfully,

Bwalya K. E. Ng’andu (Dr.)  
DEPUTY GOVERNOR – OPERATIONS

Cc  
Governor  
Director – Bank Supervision  
Director – Legal

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SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2371 (2017) & 2375 (2017) ON THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (“THE DPRK”)

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| Name of Individual, Group or Entity Associated with NORTH KOREA (“THE “DPRK”) | UN Permanent Reference Number | Customer’s Address | Nature of Asset (Bank account, funds, other financial or property) | Amount |
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United Nations  
Security Council  
S/RES/2371 (2017)  
Distr.: General  
5 August 2017

## Resolution 2371 (2017)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 8019th meeting, on  
5 August 2017

The Security Council,

Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 (1993),  
resolution 1540 (2004), resolution 1695 (2006), resolution 1718 (2006),  
resolution 1874 (2009), resolution 1887 (2009), resolution 2087 (2013),  
resolution 2094 (2013), resolution 2270 (2016), resolution 2321 (2016),  
and resolution 2356 (2017), as well as the statements of its President  
of 6 October 2006 (S/PRST/2006/41), 13 April 2009 (S/PRST/2009/7)  
and 16 April 2012 (S/PRST/2012/13),

Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons,  
as well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security,

Expressing its gravest concern at the July 3 and July 28 of 2017 ballistic  
missile tests by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“the DPRK”), which  
the DPRK has stated were tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles, in violation  
of resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013),  
2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), and 2356 (2017), and at the challenge such tests  
constitute to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (“the NPT”)  
and to international efforts aimed at strengthening the global regime of non-proliferation  
of nuclear weapons, and the danger they pose to peace and stability in the region and beyond,

Underlining once again the importance that the DPRK respond to other  
security and humanitarian concerns of the international community,

Underlining also that measures imposed by this resolution are not intended  
to have adverse humanitarian consequences for the civilian population of the DPRK,

Expressing serious concern that the DPRK has continued to violate relevant  
Security Council resolutions through repeated launches and attempted launches of  
ballistic missiles, and noting that all such ballistic missile activities contribute to the  
DPRK’s development of nuclear weapons delivery systems and increase tension in  
the region and beyond,

Expressing continued concern that the DPRK is abusing the privileges and  
immunities accorded under the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations,

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Expressing great concern that the DPRK’s prohibited arms sales have  
generated revenues that are diverted to the pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic  
missiles while DPRK citizens have unmet needs,

Expressing its gravest concern that the DPRK’s ongoing nuclear- and ballistic  
missile-related activities have further generated increased tension in the region and beyond,  
and determining that there continues to exist a clear threat to international peace and security,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, and taking  
measures under its Article 41,

1. Condemns in the strongest terms the ballistic missile launches conducted  
by the DPRK on 3 July and 28 July of 2017, which the DPRK has stated were  
launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, and which used ballistic missile  
technology in violation and flagrant disregard of the Security Council’s resolutions;

2. Reaffirms its decisions that the DPRK shall not conduct any further  
launches that use ballistic missile technology, nuclear tests, or any other  
provocation; shall suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program and  
in this context re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a moratorium on missile  
launches; shall abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs in a  
complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and immediately cease all related  
activities; and shall abandon any other existing weapons of mass destruction and  
ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner;

### Designations

3. Decides that the measures specified in paragraph 8 (d) of resolution 1718  
(2006) shall apply also to the individuals and entities listed in Annex I and II of this  
resolution and to any individuals or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction,  
and to entities owned or controlled by them, including through illicit means, and decides further that the measures specified in paragraph 8 (c) of  
resolution 1718 (2006) shall also apply to the individuals listed in Annex I of this  
resolution and to individuals acting on their behalf or at their direction;

4. Decides to adjust the measures imposed by paragraph 8 of resolution  
1718 (2006) and this resolution through the designation of additional goods, directs  
the Committee to undertake its tasks to this effect and to report to the Security  
Council within fifteen days of adoption of this resolution, and further decides that,  
if the Committee has not acted, then the Security Council will complete action to  
adjust the measures within seven days of receiving that report;

5. Decides to adjust the measures imposed by paragraph 7 of resolution  
2321 (2016) through the designation of additional conventional arms-related items,  
materials, equipment, goods, and technology, directs the Committee to undertake its  
tasks to this effect and to report to the Security Council within thirty days of  
adoption of this resolution, further decides that, if the Committee has not acted, then  
the Security Council will complete action to adjust the measures within seven days  
of receiving that report, and directs the Committee to update this list every 12 months;

### Transportation

6. Decides that the Committee may designate vessels for which it has  
information indicating they are, or have been, related to activities prohibited by  
resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016),  
2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), or this resolution and all Member States shall prohibit the  
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of emergency or in the case of return to its port of origination, or unless the  
Committee determines in advance that such entry is required for humanitarian  
purposes or any other purposes consistent with the objectives of resolutions 1718  
(2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356  
(2017), or this resolution;

### Sectoral

8. Decides that paragraph 26 of resolution 2321 (2016) shall be replaced by  
the following:

“Decides that the DPRK shall not supply, sell or transfer, directly or  
indirectly, from its territory or by its nationals or using its flag vessels or aircraft, coal, iron, and iron ore, and that all States shall prohibit the  
procurement of such material from the DPRK by their nationals, or using their  
flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in the territory of the  
DPRK, decides that for sales and transactions of iron and iron ore for which  
written contracts have been finalized prior to the adoption of this resolution,  
all States may allow those shipments to be imported into their territories up to  
30 days from the date of adoption of this resolution with notification provided  
to the Committee containing details on those imports by no later than 45 days  
after the date of adoption of this resolution, and decides further that this  
provision shall not apply with respect to coal that the exporting State confirms  
on the basis of credible information has originated outside the DPRK and was  
transported through the DPRK solely for export from the Port of Rajin (Rason), provided that the exporting State notifies the Committee in advance  
and such transactions involving coal originating outside of the DPRK are  
unrelated to generating revenue for the DPRK’s nuclear or ballistic missile  
programs or other activities prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874  
(2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), or  
this resolution;”

9. Decides that the DPRK shall not supply, sell or transfer, directly or  
indirectly, from its territory or by its nationals or using its flag vessels or aircraft,  
seafood (including fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other aquatic invertebrates in all  
forms), and that all States shall prohibit the procurement of such items from the  
DPRK by their nationals, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, whether or not  
originating in the territory of the DPRK, and further decides that for sales and  
transactions of seafood (including fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other aquatic  
invertebrates in all forms) for which written contracts have been finalized prior to  
the adoption of this resolution, all States may allow those shipments to be imported  
into their territories up to 30 days from the date of adoption of this resolution with  
notification provided to the Committee containing details on those imports by no  
later than 45 days after the date of adoption of this resolution;

10. Decides that the DPRK shall not supply, sell or transfer, directly or  
indirectly, from its territory or by its nationals or using its flag vessels or aircraft,  
lead and lead ore, and that all States shall prohibit the procurement of such items  
from the DPRK by their nationals, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, whether or not  
originating in the territory of the DPRK, and further decides that for sales and

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transactions of lead and lead ore for which written contracts have been finalized  
prior to the adoption of this resolution, all States may allow those shipments to be  
imported into their territories up to 30 days from the date of adoption of this resolution with notification provided to the Committee containing details on those imports by no later than 45 days after the date of adoption of this resolution;

11. Expresses concern that DPRK nationals frequently work in other States  
for the purpose of generating foreign export earnings that the DPRK uses to support  
its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programs, decides that all Member States  
shall not exceed on any date after the date of adoption of this resolution the total  
number of work authorizations for DPRK nationals provided in their jurisdictions at  
the time of the adoption of this resolution unless the Committee approves on a case-  
by-case basis in advance that employment of additional DPRK nationals beyond the  
number of work authorizations provided in a member state’s jurisdiction at the time  
of the adoption of this resolution is required for the delivery of humanitarian  
assistance, denuclearization or any other purpose consistent with the objectives of  
resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321  
(2016), 2356 (2017), or this resolution;

### Financial

12. Decides that States shall prohibit, by their nationals or in their territories,  
the opening of new joint ventures or cooperative entities with DPRK entities or  
individuals, or the expansion of existing joint ventures through additional  
investments, whether or not acting for or on behalf of the government of the DPRK,  
unless such joint ventures or cooperative entities have been approved by the  
Committee in advance on a case-by-case basis;

13. Clarifies that the prohibitions contained in paragraph 11 of resolution  
2094 (2013) apply to clearing of funds through all Member States’ territories;

14. Clarifies that companies performing financial services commensurate  
with those provided by banks are considered financial institutions for the purposes  
of implementing paragraph 11 of resolution 2094 (2013), paragraphs 33 and 34 of  
resolution 2270 (2016), and paragraph 33 of resolution 2321 (2016);

### Chemical Weapons

15. Recalls paragraph 24 of resolution 2270 (2016), decides that the DPRK  
shall not deploy or use chemical weapons, and urgently calls upon the DPRK to  
accede to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production,  
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction, and then to  
immediately comply with its provisions;

### Vienna Convention

16. Demands that the DPRK fully comply with its obligations under the  
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the Vienna Convention on  
Consular Relations;

### Impact on the People of the DPRK

17. Regrets the DPRK’s massive diversion of its scarce resources toward its  
development of nuclear weapons and a number of expensive ballistic missile  
programs, notes the findings of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of  
Humanitarian Assistance that well over half of the people in the DPRK suffer from  
major insecurities in food and medical care, including a very large number of  
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malnutrition and nearly a quarter of its total population suffering from chronic  
malnutrition, and, in this context, expresses deep concern at the grave hardship to  
which the people in the DPRK are subjected;

### Sanctions Implementation

18. Decides that Member States shall report to the Security Council within  
ninety days of the adoption of this resolution, and thereafter upon request by the  
Committee, on concrete measures they have taken in order to implement effectively  
the provisions of this resolution, requests the Panel of Experts, in cooperation with  
other United Nations sanctions monitoring groups, to continue its efforts to assist  
Member States in preparing and submitting such reports in a timely manner;

19. Calls upon all Member States to redouble efforts to implement in full the  
measures in resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013),  
2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), and 2356 (2017), and to cooperate with each other in doing so,  
particularly with respect to inspecting, detecting and seizing items the transfer of  
which is prohibited by these resolutions;

20. Decides that the mandate of the Committee, as set out in paragraph 12 of  
resolution 1718 (2006), shall apply with respect to the measures imposed in this  
resolution and further decides that the mandate of the Panel of Experts, as specified  
in paragraph 26 of resolution 1874 (2009) and modified in paragraph 1 of resolution  
2345 (2017), shall also apply with respect to the measures imposed in this  
resolution;

21. Decides to authorize all Member States to, and that all Member States  
shall, seize and dispose (such as through destruction, rendering inoperable or  
unusable, storage, or transferring to a State other than the originating or destination  
States for disposal) of items the supply, sale, transfer, or export of which is  
prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013),  
2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), or this resolution that are identified in  
inspections, in a manner that is not inconsistent with their obligations under  
applicable Security Council resolutions, including resolution 1540 (2004), as well as  
any obligations of parties to the NPT, the Convention on the Prohibition of the  
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their  
Development of 29 April 1997, and the Convention on the Prohibition of the  
Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin  
Weapons and on Their Destruction of 10 April 1972;

22. Emphasizes the importance of all States, including the DPRK, taking the  
necessary measures to ensure that no claim shall lie at the instance of the DPRK, or  
of any person or entity in the DPRK, or of persons or entities designated for  
measures set forth in resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094  
(2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), or this resolution, or any person  
claiming through or for the benefit of any such person or entity, in connection with  
any contract or other transaction where its performance was prevented by reason of  
the measures imposed by this resolution or previous resolutions;

23. Requests that Interpol issue Special Notices with respect to designated  
individuals, and directs the Committee to work with Interpol to develop the  
appropriate arrangements to do so;

24. Requests the Secretary-General to provide additional analytical resources  
needed to the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1874 (2009) to  
strengthen its ability to analyze the DPRK’s sanctions violation and evasion  
activities;

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### Political

25. Reiterates its deep concern at the grave hardship that the people in the  
DPRK are subjected to, condemns the DPRK for pursuing nuclear weapons and  
ballistic missiles instead of the welfare of its people while people in the DPRK have  
great unmet needs, and emphasizes the necessity of the DPRK respecting and  
ensuring the welfare and inherent dignity of people in the DPRK;

26. Reaffirms that the measures imposed by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874  
(2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), and this  
resolution are not intended to have adverse humanitarian consequences for the  
civilian population of the DPRK or to affect negatively or restrict those activities,  
including economic activities and cooperation, food aid and humanitarian  
assistance, that are not prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087  
(2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), and this resolution,  
and the work of international and non-governmental organizations carrying out  
assistance and relief activities in the DPRK for the benefit of the civilian population  
of the DPRK and decides that the Committee may, on a case-by-case basis, exempt  
any activity from the measures imposed by these resolutions if the committee  
determines that such an exemption is necessary to facilitate the work of such  
organizations in the DPRK or for any other purpose consistent with the objectives of  
these resolutions, and further decides that the measures specified in paragraph 8 (d)  
of resolution 1718 (2006) shall not apply with respect to financial transactions with  
the DPRK Foreign Trade Bank or the Korea National Insurance Corporation if such  
transactions are solely for the operation of diplomatic or consular missions in the  
DPRK or humanitarian assistance activities that are undertaken by, or in  
coordination with, the United Nations;

27. Reaffirms its support for the Six Party Talks, calls for their resumption,  
and reiterates its support for the commitments set forth in the Joint Statement of  
19 September 2005 issued by China, the DPRK, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the  
Russian Federation, and the United States, including that the goal of the Six-Party  
Talks is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful  
manner, that the United States and the DPRK undertook to respect each other’s  
sovereignty and exist peacefully together, that the Six Parties undertook to promote  
economic cooperation, and all other relevant commitments;

28. Reiterates the importance of maintaining peace and stability on the  
Korean Peninsula and in north-east Asia at large, and expresses its commitment to a  
peaceful, diplomatic, and political solution to the situation and welcomes efforts by  
the Council members as well as other States to facilitate a peaceful and  
comprehensive solution through dialogue and stresses the importance of working to  
reduce tensions in the Korean Peninsula and beyond;

29. Affirms that it shall keep the DPRK’s actions under continuous review  
and is prepared to strengthen, modify, suspend or lift the measures as may be  
needed in light of the DPRK’s compliance, and, in this regard, expresses its  
determination to take further significant measures in the event of a further DPRK  
nuclear test or launch;

30. Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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### Annex I  
Travel Ban/Asset Freeze (Individuals)

1. **CHOE CHUN YONG**  
   a. Description: Representative for Ilsim International Bank, which is affiliated with the DPRK military and has a close relationship with the Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation. Ilsim International Bank has attempted to evade United Nations sanctions.  
   b. A.K.A.: Ch’oe Ch’un-yo’ng  
   c. Identifiers: Nationality: DPRK; Passport no.: 654410078; Gender: male

2. **HAN JANG SU**  
   a. Description: Chief Representative of the Foreign Trade Bank.  
   b. A.K.A.: Chang-Su Han  
   c. Identifiers: DOB: November 08, 1969; POB: Pyongyang, DPRK; Nationality: DPRK; Passport no.: 745420176, expires on October 19, 2020; Gender: male

3. **JANG SONG CHOL**  
   a. Description: Jang Song Chol is a Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID) representative overseas.  
   b. AKA: n/a  
   c. Identifiers: DOB: 12 March 1967; Nationality: DPRK

4. **JANG SUNG NAM**  
   a. Description: Chief of an overseas Tangun Trading Corporation branch, which is primarily responsible for the procurement of commodities and technologies to support the DPRK’s defense research and development programs.  
   b. A.K.A.: n/a  
   c. Identifiers: DOB: July 14, 1970; Nationality: DPRK; Passport no.: 563120368, issued on March 22, 2013; Passport expiration date: March 22, 2018; Gender: male

5. **JO CHOL SONG**  
   a. Description: Deputy Representative for the Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation, which provides financial services in support to Tanchon Commercial Bank and Korea Hyoksin Trading, a subordinate entity of Korea Ryonbong General Corporation.  
   b. A.K.A.: Cho Ch’o’l-so’ng  
   c. Identifiers: DOB: September 25, 1984; Nationality: DPRK; Passport no.: 654320502, expires on September 16, 2019; Gender: male

6. **KANG CHIOL SU**  
   a. Description: Official for Korea Ryonbong General Corporation, which specializes in acquisition for the DPRK’s defense industries and support for the DPRK’s military-related overseas sales. Its procurements also likely support the DPRK’s chemical weapons program.

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b. A.K.A.: n/a  
c. Identifiers: DOB: February 13, 1969; Nationality: DPRK; Passport no.: 472234895

7. **KIM MUN CHOL**  
   a. Description: Representative for Korea United Development Bank.  
   b. A.K.A.: Kim Mun-ch’o’l  
   c. Identifiers: DOB: March 25, 1957; Nationality: DPRK

8. **KIM NAM UNG**  
   a. Description: Representative for Ilsim International Bank, which is affiliated with the DPRK military and has a close relationship with the Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation. Ilsim International Bank has attempted to evade United Nations sanctions.  
   b. A.K.A.: n/a  
   c. Identifiers: Nationality: DPRK; Passport no.: 654110043

9. **PAK IL-KYU**  
   a. Description: Official for Korea Ryonbong General Corporation, which specializes in acquisition for DPRK’s defense industries and support to Pyongyang’s military-related sales. Its procurements also likely support the DPRK’s chemical weapons program.  
   b. A.K.A.: Pak Il-Gyu  
   c. Identifiers: Nationality: DPRK; Passport no.: 563120235; Gender: male

**List Update for Aliases:**  
- JANG BOM SU (KPi.016) — New AKA: Jang Ilyon U with date of birth 22 February 1958 and diplomatic passport number 836110034, which expires on 1 January 2020.  
- JON MYONG GUK (KPi.018) — New AKA: Jon Yong Sang with date of birth 25 August 1976 and diplomatic passport number 836110035, which expires on 1 January 2020.

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### Annex II  
Asset Freeze (Entities)

1. **FOREIGN TRADE BANK (FTB)**  
   a. Description: Foreign Trade Bank is a state-owned bank and acts as the DPRK’s primary foreign exchange bank and has provided key financial support to the Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation.  
   b. AKA: n/a  
   c. Location: FTB Building, Jungsong-dong, Central District, Pyongyang, DPRK

2. **KOREAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (KNIC)**  
   a. Description: The Korean National Insurance Company is a DPRK financial and insurance company and is affiliated with Office 39.  
   b. AKA: Korea Foreign Insurance Company  
   c. Location: Central District, Pyongyang, DPRK

3. **KORYO CREDIT DEVELOPMENT BANK**  
   a. Description: Koryo Credit Development Bank operates in the financial services industry in the DPRK’s economy.  
   b. AKA: Daesong Credit Development Bank; Koryo Global Credit Bank; Koryo Global Trust Bank  
   c. Location: Pyongyang, DPRK

4. **MANSUDAE OVERSEAS PROJECT GROUP OF COMPANIES**  
   a. Description: Mansudae Overseas Project Group of Companies engaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the exportation of workers from the DPRK to other nations for construction-related activities including for statues and monuments to generate revenue for the Government of the DPRK or the Workers’ Party of Korea. The Mansudae Overseas Project Group of Companies has been reported to conduct business in countries in Africa and Southeast Asia including Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Benin, Cambodia, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Malaysia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Namibia, Syria, Togo, and Zimbabwe.  
   b. AKA: Mansudae Art Studio  
   c. Location: Pyongyang, DPRK

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Security Council  
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Distr.: General  
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## Resolution 2375 (2017)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 8042nd meeting, on  
11 September 2017

The Security Council,

Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 (1993),  
resolution 1695 (2006), resolution 1718 (2006), resolution 1874 (2009),  
resolution 1887 (2009), resolution 2087 (2013), resolution 2094 (2013),  
resolution 2270 (2016), resolution 2321 (2016), resolution 2356 (2017),  
resolution 2371 (2017) as well as the statements of its President  
of 6 October 2006 (S/PRST/2006/41), 13 April 2009 (S/PRST/2009/7),  
16 April 2012 (S/PRST/2012/13), and 29 August 2017 (S/PRST/2017/16),

Reaffirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons,  
as well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security,

Expressing its gravest concern at the nuclear test by the Democratic People’s  
Republic of Korea (“the DPRK”) on September 2, 2017 in violation of resolutions  
1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016),  
2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), and 2371 (2017) and at the challenge such a test  
constitutes to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (“the NPT”)  
and to international efforts aimed at strengthening the global regime of non-proliferation  
of nuclear weapons, and the danger it poses to peace and stability in the region and beyond,

Underlining once again the importance that the DPRK respond to other  
security and humanitarian concerns of the international community and expressing  
great concern that the DPRK continues to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic  
missiles by diverting critically needed resources away from the people in the DPRK  
who have great unmet needs,

Expressing its gravest concern that the DPRK’s ongoing nuclear- and ballistic  
missile-related activities have destabilized the region and beyond, and determining  
that there continues to exist a clear threat to international peace and security,

Underscoring its concern that developments on the Korean Peninsula could  
have dangerous, large-scale regional security implications,

Underscoring its commitment to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and  
political independence of all States in accordance with the Charter, and recalling the  
purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,

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Expressing also its desire for a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the  
situation, and reiterating its welcoming of efforts by Council members as well as  
other Member States to facilitate a peaceful and comprehensive solution through  
dialogue,

Underlining the need to ensure international peace and security, and ensure  
lasting stability in north-east Asia at large and to resolve the situation through  
peaceful, diplomatic and political means,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, and taking  
measures under its Article 41,

1. Condemns in the strongest terms the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK  
on September 2 of 2017 in violation and flagrant disregard of the Security Council’s  
resolutions;

2. Reaffirms its decisions that the DPRK shall not conduct any further  
launches that use ballistic missile technology, nuclear tests, or any other  
provocation; shall immediately suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile  
program and in this context re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a  
moratorium on all missile launches; shall immediately abandon all nuclear weapons  
and existing nuclear programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner; and  
immediately cease all related activities; and shall abandon any other existing  
weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable  
and irreversible manner;

### Designations

3. Decides that the measures specified in paragraph 8 (d) of resolution 1718  
(2006) shall apply also to the individual and entities listed in Annex I and II of this  
resolution and to any individuals or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction,  
and to entities owned or controlled by them, including through illicit means, and decides further that the measures specified in paragraph 8 (c) of  
resolution 1718 (2006) shall also apply to the individual listed in Annex I of this  
resolution and to individuals acting on their behalf or at their direction;

4. Decides to adjust the measures imposed by paragraph 8 (d) of resolution  
1718 (2006) through the designation of additional WMD-related dual-use items,  
materials, equipment, goods, and technology, directs the Committee to undertake its  
tasks to this effect and to report to the Security Council within fifteen days of  
adoption of this resolution, and further decides that, if the Committee has not acted,  
then the Security Council will complete action to adjust the measures within seven days of receiving that report, and directs the Committee to regularly update this list every twelve months;

5. Decides to adjust the measures imposed by paragraph 8 (a), 8 (b) and  
8 (c) of resolution 1718 (2006) through the designation of additional conventional  
arms-related items, materials, equipment, goods, and technology, directs the  
Committee to undertake its tasks to this effect and to report to the Security Council  
within fifteen days of adoption of this resolution, and further decides that, if the Committee has not acted, then the Security Council will complete action to adjust the measures within seven days of receiving that report, and directs the Committee to regularly update this list every twelve months;

6. Decides to apply the measures imposed by paragraph 6 of resolution  
2371 (2016) on vessels transporting prohibited items from the DPRK, directs the  
Committee to designate these vessels and to report to the Security Council within  
fifteen days of adoption of this resolution, further decides that, if the Committee has not acted, then the Security Council will complete action to adjust the measures

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within seven days of receiving that report, and directs the Committee to regularly  
update this list when it is informed of additional violations;

### Maritime Interdiction of Cargo Vessels

7. Calls upon all Member States to inspect vessels with the consent of the  
flag State, on the high seas, if they have information that provides reasonable  
grounds to believe that the cargo of such vessels contains items the supply, sale,  
transfer or export of which is prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009),  
2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017) or  
this resolution, for the purpose of ensuring strict implementation of those provisions;

8. Calls upon all States to cooperate with inspections pursuant to  
paragraph 7 above, and, if the flag State does not consent to inspection on the high  
seas, decides that the flag State shall direct the vessel to proceed to an appropriate  
and convenient port for the required inspection by the local authorities pursuant to  
paragraph 18 of resolution 2270 (2016), and decides further that, if a flag State  
neither consents to inspection on the high seas nor directs the vessel to proceed to  
an appropriate and convenient port for the required inspection, or if the vessel  
refuses to comply with flag State direction to permit inspection on the high seas or  
to proceed to such a port, then the Committee shall consider designating the vessel  
for the measures imposed in paragraph 8 (d) of resolution 1718 (2006) and  
paragraph 12 of resolution 2321 (2016) and the flag State shall immediately  
deregister that vessel provided that such designation has been made by the  
Committee;

9. Requires any Member State, when it does not receive the cooperation of  
a flag State of a vessel pursuant to paragraph 8 above, to submit promptly to the  
Committee a report containing relevant details regarding the incident, the vessel and  
the flag State, and requests the Committee to release on a regular basis information  
regarding these vessels and flag States involved;

10. Affirms that paragraph 7 contemplates only inspections carried out by  
warships and other ships or aircraft clearly marked and identifiable as being on  
government service and authorized to that effect, and underscores that it does not  
apply with respect to inspection of vessels entitled to sovereign immunity under  
international law;

11. Decides that all Member States shall prohibit their nationals, persons  
subject to their jurisdiction, entities incorporated in their territory or subject to their  
jurisdiction, and vessels flying their flag, from facilitating or engaging in ship-to-  
ship transfers to or from DPRK-flagged vessels of any goods or items that are being  
supplied, sold, or transferred to or from the DPRK;

12. Affirms that paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 apply only with respect to the situation  
in the DPRK and shall not affect the rights, obligations, or responsibilities of  
Member States under international law, including any rights or obligations under the  
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, with  
respect to any other situation and underscores in particular that this resolution shall  
not be considered as establishing customary international law;

### Sectoral

13. Decides that all Member States shall prohibit the direct or indirect  
supply, sale or transfer to the DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals,  
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territories, of all condensates and natural gas liquids, and decides that the DPRK  
shall not procure such materials;

14. Decides that all Member States shall prohibit the direct or indirect  
supply, sale or transfer to the DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals,  
or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their  
territories, of all refined petroleum products, decides that the DPRK shall not  
procure such products, decides that this provision shall not apply with respect to  
procurement by the DPRK or the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to the  
DPRK, through their territories or by their nationals, or using their flag vessels or  
aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, of refined petroleum  
products in the amount of up to 500,000 barrels during an initial period of three  
months beginning on 1 October 2017 and ending on 31 December 2017, and refined  
petroleum products in the amount of up to 2,000,000 barrels per year during a  
period of twelve months beginning on 1 January 2018 and annually thereafter,  
provided that (a) the Member State notifies the Committee every thirty days of the  
amount of such supply, sale, or transfer to the DPRK of refined petroleum products  
along with information about all the parties to the transaction, (b) the supply, sale,  
or transfer of refined petroleum products involve no individuals or entities that are  
associated with the DPRK’s nuclear or ballistic missile programmes or other  
activities prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094  
(2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017) or this resolution,  
including designated individuals or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction,  
or entities owned or controlled by them, directly or indirectly, or individuals or entities assisting in the evasion of sanctions, and (c) the  
supply, sale, or transfer of refined petroleum products are exclusively for livelihood  
purposes of DPRK nationals and unrelated to generating revenue for the DPRK’s  
nuclear or ballistic missile programmes or other activities prohibited by resolutions  
1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016),  
2356 (2017), 2371 (2017) or this resolution, directs the Committee Secretary beginning on  
1 January 2018 to notify all Member States when an aggregate amount of refined petroleum products sold, supplied, or transferred to the DPRK of 75 per cent of the aggregate amount for the period between 1 October 2017 and 31 December 2017 has been reached,  
and again notify all Member States when 90 percent and 95 percent of such  
aggregate amount has been reached, directs the Committee Secretary beginning on  
1 January 2018 to notify all Member States when an aggregate amount of refined petroleum products sold, supplied, or transferred to the DPRK of 75 per cent of the  
aggregate yearly amounts have been reached, also directs the Committee Secretary beginning on 1 January 2018 to notify all Member States when an aggregate amount of refined petroleum products sold, supplied, or transferred to the DPRK of 90 per cent of the aggregate yearly amounts have been reached, and further directs the  
Committee Secretary beginning on 1 January 2018 to notify all Member States when an aggregate amount of refined petroleum products sold, supplied, or transferred to the DPRK of 95 per cent of the aggregate yearly amounts have been reached and to inform them that they must immediately cease selling, supplying, or transferring refined petroleum products to the DPRK for the remainder of the year,  
directs the Committee to make publicly available on its website the total amount of refined petroleum products sold, supplied, or transferred to the DPRK by month and  
by source country, directs the Committee to update this information on a real-time basis as it receives notifications from Member States, calls upon all Member States to regularly review this website to comply with the annual limits for refined petroleum products established by this provision, directs the Panel of Experts to closely monitor the implementation efforts of all Member States to provide assistance and ensure full and global compliance, and requests the Secretary-

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