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United Nations - May 18, 2012 - 09:39
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A UN panel of experts that monitors compliance with sanctions on North Korea is investigating reports of possible weapons-related shipments by Pyongyang to Syria and Myanmar, the panel said in a confidential report seen by the Reuters news agency on Thursday.
"The DPRK [North Korea] continues actively to defy the measures in the [UN sanctions] resolutions," the panel said in the report, which it submitted to the UN Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee earlier this week.
"The DPRK [North Korea] continues actively to defy the measures in the [UN sanctions] resolutions," the panel said in the report, which it submitted to the UN Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee earlier this week.
"Member states did not report to the committee any violations involving transfer of nuclear, other WMD-related or ballistic missile items," it said.
"But they did report several other violations including illicit sales of arms and related materiel and luxury goods."
For more on Reuters exclusive report, read our news story: UN probes 'arms sales from N Korea to Syria'
[Photo: Reuters]
[Photo: Reuters]
